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Lot 348

Sale 5792 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Jan 30, 2020 8:00AM ET
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[Literature] Dickens, Charles The Christmas Books

A Christmas Carol London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First edition, presumed first or second state. 16mo. Illustrated with hand-colored frontispiece, three hand-colored plates, and black and white illustrations by John Leech. Three-quarter green morocco, stamped in gilt, over green marbled paper-covered boards; all edges gilt; matching marbled endpapers; by Tout; in full red morocco slip-off case; original cloth spine and front cover trimmed and bound in at rear; some light offsetting from cloth; with the book-plate of B. George Ulizio on front paste-down. Smith 2, 4; Eckel pp. 110-115 The Chimes London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. First edition. 16mo. Illustrated with frontispiece, first state vignette title, and other illustrations by Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, John Leech, Clarkson Stanfield. Similarly bound as above; front ad bound at rear; light offsetting from cloth. Smith 2, 5; Eckel pp. 116-118 The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home London: Printed and Published for the Author, by Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First edition. 16mo. With second state ad for Oliver Twist at rear. Illustrated with frontispiece and vingette title, trimmed, and other illustrations by John Leech, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield, Daniel Maclise, Edwin Landseer. Similarly bound as above; offsetting from cloth affecting some leaves at rear. Smith 2, 6; Eckel pp. 119-120 The Battle of Life. A Love Story London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First edition. 16mo. Illustrated with frontispiece, Smith's fourth state vignette title (Eckel 4, Todd E1), and other illustrations by Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield, and John Leech. Similarly bound as above; faint signature at head of frontispiece; offsetting from cloth at rear. Smith 2, 8; Eckel pp. 121-123 The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First edition. 16mo. Illustrated with frontispiece, vignette title, and other illustrations by John Leech, Clarkson Stanfield, John Tenniel, and Frank Stone. Similarly bound as above; offsetting from cloth at rear. Smith 2, 9; Eckel pp. 124-125.

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