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THBDICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Christmas Books. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844-1848.
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DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Christmas Books. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844-1848. Including: A Christmas Carol in Prose. London: Chapman & Hall, 1844. 12mo. Illustrated with 4 hand-colored plates and intertextual illustrations. [vi], [1]-116, [2, ads] pp. SIXTH EDITION. [And:] The Chimes: A Goblin Story... London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. 12mo. Illustrated with frontispiece and vignette title and intertextual illustrations. [viii], [1]-[176] pp. ELEVENTH EDITION. [And:] The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Printed and Published for the Author, by Bradbury and Evans, 1846. 12mo. Illustrated with frontispiece and vignette title-page and intertextual illustrations. [vi], [1]-174, [2, ads - second state of Oliver Twist ad] pp. FIRST EDITION. [And:] The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. 12mo. Illustrated with frontispiece and 3rd variant vignette title-page. [viii], [1]-[176] pp. FIRST EDITION. [And:] The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. 12mo. Illustrated with frontispiece, vignette title-page and intertextual illustrations. [viii], [1]-188 pp. FIRST EDITION. All half-titles present.
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Uniformly bound by Tout in contemporary three-quarter green levant morocco over marbled boards, spines ruled, tooled, and lettered in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endleaves. Each title with original cloth front covers and spines bound-in at rear. Spines sunned to brown, joints and corners worn, some rubbing and light edgewear to bindings, text toned and occasionally foxed, thumbsoiled, some soiling and wear to original cloth. Near fine. Each volume with the bookplate of "J. L. Wesson" and four have a tribute pictorial paper stamp for Charles Dickens, all on the fps.
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