18 parts, 8vo (242 x 160mm), comprising 9 issues from Household Words and 9 issues from All the Year Round. (Minor damp stain to issue no.II, some light soiling to a few issues.) The Household Words issues without wrappers, as issued,  4 issues of All the Year Round (1859-1862) without wrappers, as issued, and 5 issues (1863-1867) in original blue printed wrappers (some slight soiling or minor staining, occasional creases or minor tears to wrappers); red cloth chemise; red cloth pull-off case and chemise.

FIRST EDITIONS of the Christmas numbers from Household Words and All the Year Round including the stories ‘A Christmas Tree,’ ‘What Christmas Is, As We Grow Older,’ ‘The Holly-Tree Inn,’ ‘Somebody’s Luggage,’ ‘A Message from the Sea,’ ‘Mrs. Lirriper’s Lodgings,’ and several others. Gimbel E9-E20, E113-E118.