Fine Books and Manuscripts

A complete set of first editions of the Christmas Books.5 vols. 12mo, original cloth (light wear to edges and extremities), custom red morocco gilt felt-lined clamshell case. Comprising: A Christmas Carol, in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First state binding ("D" intact, 14mm margin), green endpapers, half-title printed in blue, title-page printed in red and blue, verso printed in blue, hand-colored etched frontispiece and three hand-colored etched plates by John Leech, four wood-engravings in-text by W.J. Linton after Leech, 2pp. publisher's advertisements at the end; The Chimes. A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. 12mo, publisher's red cloth, yellow endpapers, a.e.g., advertisement, half-title, engraved frontispiece and first state vignette title page; The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. 12mo, publisher's red cloth, yellow endpapers, a.e.g., half-title, frontispiece and vignette title page, first state ad leaf; The Battle of Life. A Love Story. 12mo, publisher's red cloth, yellow endpapers, a.e.g., half-title, advertisements, frontispiece and second state vignette title page; The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas-Time. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. 12mo, publisher's red cloth, yellow endpapers, a.e.g., advertisements, frontispiece and vignette title page. Boards lightly soiled and bumped at corners; bookplate tipped in front pastedowns all vols.