The Chimes: A Goblin Story. London: Chapman & Hall, 1845 [1844]. 8vo (163 x 101mm). Half-title and 13 illustrations, including frontispiece and vignette title, by Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, John Leech and Clarkson Stanfield. FIRST EDITION, second state of the vignette title. Smith II:5. 

 

The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846 [1845]. Half-title and 14 illustrations, including frontispiece and vignette title, by Leech, Doyle, Stanfield, Maclise and Edwin Landseer; 2 pp. advertisements at rear (second state). FIRST EDITION. Smith II:6. 

 

The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. Half-title, 13 illustrations, including frontispiece and vignette title, by Maclise, Doyle, Leech and Stanfield, fourth state of the vignette title, 2pp. advertisements at rear; one or two stray spots. FIRST EDITION, fourth state of vignette title. Smith II:8

 

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. 17 illustrations, including frontispiece and vignette title by Leech, Stanfield, Tenniel and Stone. FIRST EDITION. Smith II:9. 

 

Together, 4 volumes, 8vo. (Some occasional very slight marginal toning or spots.) Uniform late 19th-century half morocco gilt over marbled boards (minor wear to extremities, some rubbing to boards).