Charles Dickens | The Christmas Books, 1843-1848, 5 volumes
Charles Dickens
The Five Christmas Books, comprising:
A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. FIRST EDITION, SECOND STATE, 12mo (160 x 100mm.), 'Stave I' on p. 1, uncorrected text throughout, half-title, engraved frontispiece, 3 hand-coloured plates and 4 woodcuts in the text by John Leech
The Chimes: A Goblin Story. London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. SEVENTH EDITION, 12mo (160 x 100mm.), etched frontispiece, vignette title-page, 11 further illustrations by Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, John Leech, and Clarkson Stanfield, ink stain to extremity of p. 102
The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Printed and published for the Author by Bradbury and Evans, 1846 [1845]. FIRST EDITION, 12mo (160 x 101mm.), engraved frontispiece, vignette title-page, 12 further illustrations by Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, John Leech, Clarkson Stanfield, and Sir Edwin Landseer, marginal stain to pp. 65-79
The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846, FIRST EDITION, FOURTH STATE, 8vo (160 x 100mm.), engraved frontispiece, vignette title-page, 11 further illustrations by Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield, and John Leech
The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. FIRST EDITION, 8vo (160 x 100mm.), engraved frontispiece, vignette title-page, 14 further illustrations by John Leech, Clarkson Stanfield, Frank Stone and John Tenniel, dampstain at prelims
Five volumes uniformly bound in half tan morocco over marbled boards, gilt-tooled spine in six compartments, green morocco lettering piece, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, light spotting and browning and extremities rubbed for all volumes
LITERATURE:
Smith II: 4, 5, 6, 8, 9; Eckel pp. 110-115, 116-118; 119-120; 121-123; 124-125
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Charles Dickens
The Five Christmas Books, comprising:
A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. FIRST EDITION, SECOND STATE, 12mo (160 x 100mm.), 'Stave I' on p. 1, uncorrected text throughout, half-title, engraved frontispiece, 3 hand-coloured plates and 4 woodcuts in the text by John Leech
The Chimes: A Goblin Story. London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. SEVENTH EDITION, 12mo (160 x 100mm.), etched frontispiece, vignette title-page, 11 further illustrations by Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, John Leech, and Clarkson Stanfield, ink stain to extremity of p. 102
The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Printed and published for the Author by Bradbury and Evans, 1846 [1845]. FIRST EDITION, 12mo (160 x 101mm.), engraved frontispiece, vignette title-page, 12 further illustrations by Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, John Leech, Clarkson Stanfield, and Sir Edwin Landseer, marginal stain to pp. 65-79
The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846, FIRST EDITION, FOURTH STATE, 8vo (160 x 100mm.), engraved frontispiece, vignette title-page, 11 further illustrations by Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield, and John Leech
The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. FIRST EDITION, 8vo (160 x 100mm.), engraved frontispiece, vignette title-page, 14 further illustrations by John Leech, Clarkson Stanfield, Frank Stone and John Tenniel, dampstain at prelims
Five volumes uniformly bound in half tan morocco over marbled boards, gilt-tooled spine in six compartments, green morocco lettering piece, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, light spotting and browning and extremities rubbed for all volumes
LITERATURE:
Smith II: 4, 5, 6, 8, 9; Eckel pp. 110-115, 116-118; 119-120; 121-123; 124-125
Condition Report:
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
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