Bidspirit auction | Four Volumes, Charles Dickens

Four Volumes, Charles Dickens - Comprising: ' Sketches by Boz  Illustrative of Everyday Life and Everyday People with 20 illustrations by George Cruikshank', p ublished by Lea & Blanchard 1842  'The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens with illustrations by Phiz' , published in London by Chapman and Hall, 1839.  'Dealings with the Firm of Deonby and Son', published in  London by Bradbury and Evans 1848.  'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' , published in London by W. C. J. M. Ouseley and Son.  Dimensions : From 8” x 6” to 10 1/2” x 6 1/2”   Provenance: Mary G. Roebling (1995-1994), Trenton, New Jersey. Acquired from above by present owner. Property from a Bucks County, Pennsylvania Collection. Footnote: Mary G. Roebling (New Jersey, 1905-1994) was the first woman to serve as the head of a major commercial bank in the United States when she became president of the Trenton Trust in 1937. Condition: Deonby and Son has a detached cover. All the bindings show general wear as pictured.