Dickens (Charles)

[The Christmas books]

together A Christmas Carol, first edition, first issue with the ‘Stave 1’ at the head of the first chapter, frontispiece and three hand-coloured plates plus four wood engravings, all by John Leech, 1843; The Chimes. A Goblin Story first edition, first issue (with the imprint integral to the engraved title). the first page is the ad for A Christmas Carol, 1845; The Cricket on the Hearth, first edition, half-title and ads, 1846; The Battle of Life. A love story. First edition, second issue, illustrated in text, 1846. The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, first edition and only issue, 1848, 5 vols uniformly bound by Riviere in full blue morocco, gilt, a.e.g., original covers to each vol. bound at end, slipcase, boards detached on A Christmas Carol, very slightly rubbed at extremities, an attractive set, 8vo., 1843-48 (5)