Photograph of the covers of the first 8 issues of the book Our Mutual Friend. The books are laid so that the tops of the covers are visible. Each one has the same illustration of scenes from the stories on the front and the binding is fraying.

Photograph of the covers of the 19 issues of the novel Our Mutual Friend. The books are fanned out with the covers visible in two rows. Each one has the same illustration of scenes from the stories on the front.

Photograph of the cover of the first issue of Our Mutual Friend from May, 1864. There are illustrations all over the blue-green cover around the title box. There are scenes from the stories and a boat and bridge at the top. The book is resting in a clear book cradle against a white background.

Photograph of an illustration from The Personal History of David Copperfield. The scene depicts Copperfield in the home of the Peggotty family. Mr. Peggotty is pouring out some hot water for Copperfield and the children and women are gathered around a table. Under the illustration is a note that reads "I am hospitably received by Mr. Peggotty."

Photograph of the title page of The Personal History of David Copperfield. The page reads "The Personal History of David Copperfield./By Charles Dickens./With Illustrations by H. K. Browne./London : Bradbury & Evans, 11, Bouverie Street. 1850." The page opposite the title has water stains and mottled discoloration.

Photograph of the cover and spine of the Pickwick Abroad serial compiled in a book. The spine has six individual compartments and the title is in the second. There are gold-stamped details in each of the spine compartments. The front cover is marbled and there are scuff marks on the front and around the edges. The book is standing up against a white background.

Photograph of the first page introduction to the Pickwick Abroad serial compiled in a book. The page numbers from the Table of Contents on the opposite page are visible. The book is propped open on a white background.

Photograph of the first page introduction to the Pickwick Abroad serial compiled in a book. The page numbers from the Table of Contents on the opposite page. The book is propped open on a white background and a clear strap is holding down the left-hand pages.

Photograph of the first page introduction to the Pickwick Abroad serial compiled in a book. On the left side is the end of the Table of Contents and on the right is the introduction to the story. The book is propped open on a white background and there is a clear band across the left-hand pages to hold them down.

Photograph of the beginning of Chapter 1 in the Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. A list of corrections ison the opposite page and is titled "Errata". The cover is decorated with a red, blue, white, and orange marbled print. The book is propped open on a clear book cradle and a clear band is holding down the left-hand pages.

Photograph of the beginning of Chapter 1 in the Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. The book is propped open on a book cradle and there is a white background.

Photograph of the beginning of Chapter 1 in the Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. A list of corrections is on the opposite page and is titled "Errata". The print on the cover is decorated with a red, blue, white, and orange marbled print. The book is propped open on a clear book cradle and a clear band is holding down the left-hand pages.

Photograph of an illustration in the Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. The image, which is illustrated by Robert Seymour, depicts Samuel Pickwick standing on a chair to address the club members who are sitting around a dining table. A note beneath the image reads "Mr. Pickwick addresses the club. / London, Chapman & Hall, 186 Strand." The book is propped open on a book cradle and there is a white background. A portion of the cover is visible and is printed with orange, red, blue, grey, and white marbling with brown corners. There are water stains at the top of the page as well.

Photograph of an illustration in the Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. The pages on the left are held down with a clear slip-on strap. The image, which is illustrated by Robert Seymour, depicts Samuel Pickwick standing on a chair to address the club members who are sitting around a dining table. A note beneath the image reads "Mr. Pickwick addresses the club. / London, Chapman & Hall, 186 Strand." The book is propped open on a book cradle and there is a white background. A portion of the cover is visible and is printed with orange, red, blue, grey, and white marbling with brown corners.

Photograph of the pine and cover the Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. The cover is a marbled pattern with red, orange, blue, green, grey, and white colors. There are also leather corners and the spine is covered in leather. There are six compartments on the spine, the second has the "Pickwick Papers" gold-stamped on a red backing and "Dickens" is stamped in gold in the third compartment. The book is in a clear book stand against a white background.

Photograph of an illustration in the Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. The image, which is illustrated by Robert Seymour, depicts Samuel Pickwick standing on a chair to address the club members who are sitting around a dining table. A note beneath the image reads "Mr. Pickwick addresses the club. / London, Chapman & Hall, 186 Strand." The book is propped open on a book cradle and there is a white background and there is a clear strap holding down the left-hand pages. A portion of the cover is visible and is printed with orange, red, blue, grey, and white marbling with brown sections. There are water stains at the top of the page as well.

Photograph of the spines of seven books by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The majority of the books are bound in green cloth, with one in a tan material. The books are Tiresias and Other Poems, Idylls of the King, Harold, The Holy Grail & c., Becket, The Cup/The Falcon, and Gareth and Lynette. Two of the books have an anchor logo at the base of the spine, one reads Henry S. King & Co., and the other three read Macmillan & Co. All are likely the publishers of their respective books. Many of the tops and bottoms of the spines are fraying or creasing on the books and some have scuff marks.

Photograph of the cover and spine of The Strayed Reveller. The cover is green cloth and has a border detail and nature designs on the corners. The spine has five compartments and the title is applied in gold-stamp in the second compartment. The top and bottom of the spine is coming apart and part of the title compartment is pulling up. The book is resting on a clear book stand.

Photograph of the title page of The Strayed Reveller. The page reads "The Strayed Reveller, and Other Poems./By A./London : B. Fellowes, Ludgate Street. 1849." The portion of the cover that is visible is green and at the base of the book the edges are frayed. The book is resting on a book cradle and the pages on the left hand are held down by a clear strap.

Photograph of the front pages of the book Sunday Under Three Heads: As It Is, As Sabbath Bills Would Make It, As It Might Be. The gold-stamped border details are visible around the pages and there is also an illustration of a city scene with people crowded in the streets. The book is resting on a clear book cradle and there is a clear band holding down the page with the illustration.

Photograph of an illustration on the front pages of the book Sunday Under Three Heads: As It Is, As Sabbath Bills Would Make It, As It Might Be. It depicts officials and the lower classes in the streets of the city. There is a large crowd building up in the background. The gold-stamped border details are visible around the pages. The book is resting on a clear book cradle and there is a clear band over the illustrated page to hold it down.

Photograph of the front end-paper of the book Sunday Under Three Heads: As It Is, As Sabbath Bills Would Make It, As It Might Be. The cover is bordered with gold-stamped details and the pages are red, blue, green, and yellow marbling. There is also an illustration of a study with the name "Nicholas Frederic Brady" underneath it. There is also a place sticker at the top that reads "Cabinet IV, Shelf I".

Photograph of the front end-paper of the book Sunday Under Three Heads: As It Is, As Sabbath Bills Would Make It, As It Might Be. The cover is bordered with gold-stamped details and the pages are red, blue, green, and yellow marbling. There is also an illustration of a study with the name "Nicholas Frederic Brady" underneath it. There is also a place sticker at the top that reads "Cabinet IV, Shelf I". The book is resting on a clear book cradle.

Photograph of the front end-paper of the book Sunday Under Three Heads: As It Is, As Sabbath Bills Would Make It, As It Might Be. The cover is bordered with gold-stamped details and the pages are red, blue, green, and yellow marbling. There is also an illustration of a study with the name "Nicholas Frederic Brady" underneath it. There is also a place sticker at the top that reads "Cabinet IV, Shelf I". The book is resting on a clear book cradle.