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Lot 133

Sale 5890 - Books and Manuscripts
Jun 25, 2024 11:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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[Literature] Dickens, Charles: Group of 2 First Edition Christmas Books

The Chimes: A Goblin Story…
London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. First edition. 12mo. (viii), 175, (1) pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, first state engraved vignette title-page, and engraved in-text illustrations, by Maclise, Doyle, Leech, and Stanfield. Original cloth-covered boards, stamped in blind and in gilt, rebacked and re-cornered in red levant; all edges gilt. Smith 5; Eckel, pp. 116-118

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The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First edition. 12mo. (viii), 188. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title-page, and engraved in-text illustrations, by Leech, Doyle, Stanfield, Maclise, Tenniel, Stone, and Landseer. Original cloth-covered boards, stamped in blind and in gilt, rebacked and re-cornered in red levant; all edges gilt; scattered soiling to text; some corners creased; light wear in bottom fore-edge of some leaves at front; faint dampstaining in top corner of prelims. Smith 9; Eckel, pp. 124-125

Height: 7 in. X Width: 2 in.

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