May 18, 2016 - Sale 2416

Sale 2416 - Lot 112

Price Realized: $ 2,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
DICKENS, CHARLES. (Christmas Books.) Together, 5 volumes. Illustrated by John Leech and others. 8vo, four uniformly bound in original red decorated cloth; A Christmas Carol in original brown cloth gilt; all edges gilt; bookplates or booklabels to first three titles, further condition notes below; housed in custom 1/2 red morocco pull-off case. London: Chapman and Hall; Bradbury and Evans, 1843-48
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a complete set of the christmas books in the original cloth. A Christmas Carol. 2-page advertisement at end. Half-title printed in blue, title-page printed in red and blue; "Stave One" on first text page; yellow endpapers, frontis detached. Spine tips chipped, slight lean. First Edition, third issue. 1843 The Chimes: A Goblin Story. Rebacked with original spine laid-down, extremities rubbed. First edition, early issue. 1845 The Cricket on the Hearth. Ownership inscription. First edition. 1846 The Battle of Life. Wear to extremities. First edition, second issue of additional title. 1846 The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain. Rebacked with original spine laid-down, extremities worn. First edition. 1848. Eckel 110-125; Smith II 4-9.