DICKENS, CHARLES The Christmas Books, four first editions and one second edition.The Cricket on the Hearth. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. The Chimes: a Goblin Story. London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. A Christmas Carol. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. Second edition.5 vols. 8vo, rebound in 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards, gilt-decorated and -lettered spines, green cloth slipcase. With 12 engraved plates total (color frontispiece to A Christmas Carol) and in-text illustrations throughout, original cloth with gilt-titles pasted to front pastedown of each volume. Minor edgewear; intermittent brownspotting.