[Charles Dickens ephemera.] Two display sheets [both printed in gold by Cheney & Sons, Banbury] for 'The Works of Charles Dickens. Pocket Volume Edition.'

Two attractive pieces of Dickens memorabilia, and tasteful examples of Victorian printing, by a firm one of whose partners (John Cheney) described himself on his calling card as a 'Printer in Gold, Silver, and Colours', with 'Specialities in the best class of work'. ONE: Printed in gold on brownish-red marbled paper. Dimensions 26.5 x 30.5 cm. Consisting of the words 'The Works | of | Charles Dickens. | [short rule] | Pocket Volume Edition.' in large type, within a gold border, with 'Chapman & Hall, Lim.' in small type within the border at bottom left, and 'London.' at bottom right. In fair condition, lightly-creased and worn at the foot. TWO: Printed in gold on one side of a piece of cream paper. Dimensions: 25 x 27.5 cm. Edged with a gold border. In large type at head: 'Dickens's Works. | [short rule] | Pocket Volume Edition.' The twenty titles are placed in two columns, divided by a vertical rule. Centred at the foot of the sheet: 'CHAPMAN & HALL, LIM., LONDON.' In good condition, with slight creasing to the bottom right-hand corner. The printers' details are not given, but the item comes from the archive of Cheney & Sons, 'General, Commercial & Artistic Printers, Banbury'. For more about the firm see 'John Cheney and his descendants, printers in Banbury since 1767' (1936) and the Victoria County History volume for the County of Oxford, Banbury Hundred.