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DICKENS, CHARLES.
A
Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a
Ghost Story of Christmas.
Printed in
two columns; publisher’s advertisements
printed on wrapper verso, and with 1-
page additional ads on first page. 8vo,
original sewn printed wrappers, vertical
folding crease, scattered foxing, few short
closed edge tears; ownership inscription to
top of front wrapper, contents moderately
foxed.
NewYork: Harper & Brothers, 1844
[1,500/2,500]
UNCOMMON SECOND AMERICAN EDITION
,
preceded by an edition published in
Philadelphia by Carey & Hart in the same
year.Yale/Gimbel A81.
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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, few backstrips skillfully
repaired, mild edgewear; intermittent minor foxing; housed in cloth drop-back case.
London: Bradbury & Evans, October 1846-April 1847
[1,200/1,800]
FIRST EDITION IN MONTHLY PARTS
.
The “Dombey & Son Advertiser” in all parts and other
inserted advertisements. Part 11, p. 324, first issue with “Capatin” misprint”; Part 14, page number
431 present but with earliest issue point on p. 426 (lacking “if”). Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 227-50.