Victor Hugo's Novels, Illustrated; P F Collier; 5 Volumes, 1892, Very Good hardcover set

Hugo, Victor. New York: Peter Fenelon Collier, 1892.

English, Very Good, HC, 8vo, 10 1/4" x 7 1/4", various pagination. 

Very Good brown cloth hardcovers, stamped gilt lettering to front panels and spine, blind stamped illustrated to back panel, and blue speckles to edges of text block. Gilt lettering faded on spines, slight cocking to Vols II, III, & V, minor wear to edges and tips, some toning, and light exterior and interior soiling. Volume II: Starting to interior hinge of front panel, toning from laid-in ephemera to pages 16-17. Volume III: Pencil annotation to pp.33. Volume V: 1" tear to top edge of title page and loss to the frontispiece's affixed glassine. A charming, vintage book set of French Romantic and former French Senate member, Victor Hugo's most well-known works, accompanied by reproductions of unattributed, elegant wood engravings in each volume. [3] 487 pp. Volume I: Notre-Dame (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) and The History of a Crime, the Testimony of an Eye Witness. [5] 447 pp. Volume II: Les Misérables, Part I. [5] 495 pp. Volume III: Les Misérables, Part II and By Order of the King: A Romance of English History. [2] 437 pp. Volume IV: Toilers of the Sea and Ninety-Three. [5] 398 pp. Volume V: Hernani, The King's Diversion, and Ruy Blas. Published by New York-based publisher, Peter Fenelon Collier, known for his American general interest magazine, Collier's.