Books and Manuscripts

A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First edition, third state (as per Gimbel, see Smith, pp. 16-29). 12mo. (viii), 166, (2) (ads) pp. Illustrated with a hand-colored engraved frontispiece and three hand-colored engraved plates by John Leech, and four in-text engravings by W.J. Linton after Leech. Original unsophisticated first issue brown cloth-covered boards, stamped in blind and in gilt (corresponding with Todd's first impression, first state: 14-15 mm spacing between gilt and blind stamping, and unbroken "D" in "Dickens"), cocked, splitting along upper and lower front and rear joints, spine ends worn, scattered soiling to boards; all edges gilt; yellow endpapers; front hinge worn; old gift inscription at head of half-title; scattered light spotting to text. Smith II, 4

Together with:

The Chimes: A Goblin Story...
London: Chapman and Hall, 1845 (1844). First edition. 12mo. (viii), 175, (1) pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece by F.P. Becker after D(aniel). Maclise, first state engraved vignette title-page by Becker after Maclise, and 13 in-text engravings by Becker, Groves, Gray, G. and E. Dalziel after Maclise, J(ohn). Leech, R(ichard). Doyle, and C(larkson). Stanfield. Original unsophisticated red cloth-covered boards, stamped in blind and in gilt, spine faded, light wear to extremities; all edges gilt; cocked; scattered light spotting to text. Smith II, 5

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The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home
London: Printed and Published for the Author, by Bradbury and Evans, 1846 (1845). First edition. 12mo. (viii), 174, (2) (ads) pp. (second state ads). Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece by Thompson after Maclise, an engraved vignette title-page by G. Dalziel after Maclise, and 12 in-text engravings by G. and E. Dalziel, T. Williams, Swain, and Groves after Doyle, Stanfield, Leech, and E(dwin). Landseer. Original unsophisticated red cloth-covered boards, stamped in blind and in gilt, spine darkened, boards soiled, head of spine chipped, foot of spine worn; all edges gilt; cocked; rear hinge split; scattered minor soiling to text. Smith II, 6