DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). A set of 5 works from the "Cheap and Uniform Editions of Mr. Dickens's Christmas Books," comprising:

A Christmas Carol. Gimbel A84. -- The Chimes. Gimbel A91. -- The Cricket on the Hearth. Gimbel A97. -- The Story of Little Dombey. Gimbel B171. -- The Poor Traveller: Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn: and Mrs. Gamp. Gimbel D31. -- 16mo. All in original publisher's printed green wrappers, housed in a green morocco slipcase gilt (broken). Provenance: Stephen George Holland (1817-1908) founder of English cabinet-making firm Holland and Sons (armorial bookplates).

FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST ISSUES. "In 1858, Bradbury and Evans printed special reading editions arranged by Dickens which included 'A Christmas Carol,' 'The Chimes,' 'The Cricket On the Hearth,' 'The Story of Little Dombey,' and 'The Poor Traveller,' 'Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn' and 'Mrs. Gamp,' the latter three being in one volume. Each was a 16 mo in size and uniformly bound in a green, printed pictorial paper wrapper" (Eckel, p. 215).

Property of an Illinois collector

Property of an Illinois collector

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). A set of 5 works from the "Cheap and Uniform Editions of Mr. Dickens's Christmas Books," comprising: