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Dickens, Charles
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A fine set of first editions of Dickens's five Christmas stories, comprising:
A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. Title-page printed in red and blue with wood-engraved holly vignette, half-title printed in blue, handcolored etched frontispiece and 3 handcolored etched plates after and by John Leech, 4 wood-engraved text illustrations after Leech by W. J. Linton, integral terminal leaf of publisher's ads ("Works of Mr. Charles Dickens"). First edition, first issue.
The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. Additional pictorial wood-engraved title-page and wood-engraved frontispiece after Daniel Maclise by F. P. Becker, 11 wood-engraved text vignettes after Leech, Richard Doyle, and Clarkson Stanfield by Linton and others, integral preliminary advertisement leaf for the tenth edition of A Christmas Carol. First edition, first state of the pictorial title-page.
The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Printed and Published for the Author, by Bradbury and Evans, 1846. Additional pictorial wood-engraved title-page and wood-engraved frontispiece after Maclise by G. Dalziel, 12 wood-engraved text vignettes after Leech, Doyle, and others, integral terminal advertisement leaf for new edition of Oliver Twist. First edition, second state of the ad leaf.
The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. Additional pictorial wood-engraved title-page and wood-engraved frontispiece after Maclise by John Thompson, 11 wood-engraved text vignettes after Leech, Doyle, and Maclise, terminal advertisement leaf for Dombey and Son. First edition, second state of pictorial title-page.
The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas-Time. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. Additional pictorial wood-engraved title-page and wood-engraved frontispiece after John Tenniel by Martin & Corbould, 15 wood-engraved text vignettes after Tenniel, Leech, and others, integral preliminary advertisement leaf for "Works by Mr. Dickens." First edition.
Together 5 volumes, in 8s (each ca. 6⅜ x 4 in.; 164 x 102 mm). Uniform red morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, original cloth bindings bound at the rear of each volume, original green-coated endpapers from the Carol also bound in; slightest rubbing to extremities. Red cloth slipcase.
A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. Title-page printed in red and blue with wood-engraved holly vignette, half-title printed in blue, handcolored etched frontispiece and 3 handcolored etched plates after and by John Leech, 4 wood-engraved text illustrations after Leech by W. J. Linton, integral terminal leaf of publisher's ads ("Works of Mr. Charles Dickens"). First edition, first issue.
The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. Additional pictorial wood-engraved title-page and wood-engraved frontispiece after Daniel Maclise by F. P. Becker, 11 wood-engraved text vignettes after Leech, Richard Doyle, and Clarkson Stanfield by Linton and others, integral preliminary advertisement leaf for the tenth edition of A Christmas Carol. First edition, first state of the pictorial title-page.
The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Printed and Published for the Author, by Bradbury and Evans, 1846. Additional pictorial wood-engraved title-page and wood-engraved frontispiece after Maclise by G. Dalziel, 12 wood-engraved text vignettes after Leech, Doyle, and others, integral terminal advertisement leaf for new edition of Oliver Twist. First edition, second state of the ad leaf.
The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. Additional pictorial wood-engraved title-page and wood-engraved frontispiece after Maclise by John Thompson, 11 wood-engraved text vignettes after Leech, Doyle, and Maclise, terminal advertisement leaf for Dombey and Son. First edition, second state of pictorial title-page.
The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas-Time. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. Additional pictorial wood-engraved title-page and wood-engraved frontispiece after John Tenniel by Martin & Corbould, 15 wood-engraved text vignettes after Tenniel, Leech, and others, integral preliminary advertisement leaf for "Works by Mr. Dickens." First edition.
Together 5 volumes, in 8s (each ca. 6⅜ x 4 in.; 164 x 102 mm). Uniform red morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, original cloth bindings bound at the rear of each volume, original green-coated endpapers from the Carol also bound in; slightest rubbing to extremities. Red cloth slipcase.
Literature
Smith, Dickens 2:4, 5, 6, 8, 9