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DICKENS, CHARLES.
(Christmas Books.)
Together, 5 volumes. 8vo, uniformly
bound in blind-tooled and gilt-lettered red cloth, spine ends rubbed or chipped slightly,
Cricket with front joints partially split and hinges cracked, all edges gilt.
London, vd
[400/600]
A COMPLETE SET
,
MIXED EDITIONS MIXED STATES
,
of the books that have ensured
Dickens’s enduring association with the Christmas season. Comprising: A Christmas Carol.
Facsimile of the original edition. 1922 *The Chimes:A Goblin Story. Half-title. Etched fron-
tispiece and additional title, woodcut illustrations. First edition, second state of the additional
title. Eckel, pp.116-118; Smith, II: 5. 1845 * The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of
Home. Half-title. Etched frontispiece and additional title, woodcut illustrations.With the Oliver
Twist advertisement leaf at end. First edition. 1846 * The Battle of Life. A Love Story. Half-
title. Etched frontispiece and additional title, woodcut illustrations. First edition, fourth state of
the additional title, with cupid added to the scroll but without publisher’s imprint. Eckel,
pp.121-123; Smith II: 8. 1846 * The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain. Etched fron-
tispiece and additional title on toned grounds by Martin & Corbould after John Tenniel,
woodcut illustrations. First edition. 1848.
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DICKENS, CHARLES.
Dombey and Son.
20
parts in 19. Illustrated by Hablot K. Browne. 8vo,
original blue-green pictorial printed wrappers,
backstrips repaired, wrappers uncommonly
bright and clean, ownership inscription
along top edge of front covers on a few
issues; in custom cloth drop-back
case, worn.
London: Bradbury and
Evans, October 1846-
April 1848
[1,200/1,800]
FIRST EDITION IN MONTHLY
PARTS
.
The “Dombey & Son
Advertiser” in all but first two
parts and other inserted advertise-
ments. Part 11, p. 324, later issue
with correct spelling of “Captain”; Part
14, page number 431 present but with with
earliest issue point on p. 426 (lacking “if”).
Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 227-50.
CHARLES DICKENS
LOTS 73-89
