5 vols. Dickens. The Christmas Books. 1844-48.
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[Fine Bindings] Dickens, Charles. The Christmas Books. Chapman & Hall [or] Bradbury & Evans, London, 1844-1848. 5 volumes. 12mo. Handsomely bound in modern 3/4 red morocco gilt over marbled boards. Top edge gilt. (1) A Christmas Carol, in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. Illustrated by John Leech with 4 hand-colored etched plates & 4 engravings in the text. Fourth Edition. (2) The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Illustrated with wood engravings after Richard Doyle, John Leech & Clarkson Stanfield; steel-engraved frontispiece & added title after Daniel Maclise. 8th Edition. 1845. (3) The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. Illustrated with wood engravings after Richard Doyle, John Leech, E. Landseer & Clarkson Stanfield; steel-engraved frontispiece & added title after Daniel Maclise. First Edition. 1846. (4) The Battle of Life: A Love Story. Illustrated with wood engravings after Richard Doyle, John Leech, Daniel Maclise & Clarkson Stanfield; steel-engraved frontispiece & added title after Maclise (fourth state of the added title). First Edition. 1846. (5) The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas Time. Illustrated with wood engravings after John Tenniel, Clarkson Stanfield, John Leech & Frank Stone; frontispiece & added title after Tenniel. First Edition. 1848. Each volume with original cloth covers and spines bound in rear.Condition: Near fine. Very little rubbing to edges of boards.
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5 vols. Dickens. The Christmas Books. 1844-48.
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