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BEAUTIFUL SET DICKENS, CHARLES. The Christmas Books. Illustrated by John Leech, John Tenniel, Richard Doyle, and Edwin Landseer. Together, 5

BEAUTIFUL SET DICKENS, CHARLES. The Christmas Books. Illustrated by John Leech, John Tenniel, Richard Doyle, and Edwin Landseer. Together, 5 volumes. 8vo, original gilt-pictorial cloth (all red, but for cinnamon cloth on Christmas Carol); only Chimes has lightly spotted covers and text block cleanly separated from binding, otherwise a handsome quintet; Carol with split between signatures E and F, few minor spots on covers; custom morocco gilt slipcase, moderately scuffed. London, 1843-48

  • Notes: beautiful set of the christmas books. A Christmas Carol. First edition, with green endpapers, red and blue title, and "Stave I" on first text page * The Chimes. First issue. Note condition above * The Cricket on the Hearth. Second state of advertisement. Contemporary owner's inscription on verso front free endpaper * The Battle of Life. Second state of engraved title * The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. Smith II; 4-9.

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