Nov 21, 2013 - Sale 2332

Sale 2332 - Lot 73

Price Realized: $ 455
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
DICKENS, CHARLES. (Christmas Books.) Together, 5 volumes. 8vo, uniformly bound in blind-tooled and gilt-lettered red cloth, spine ends rubbed or chipped slightly, Cricket with front joints partially split and hinges cracked, all edges gilt. London, vd
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a complete set, mixed editions mixed states, of the books that have ensured Dickens's enduring association with the Christmas season. Comprising: A Christmas Carol. Facsimile of the original edition. 1922 The Chimes: A Goblin Story. Half-title. Etched frontispiece and additional title, woodcut illustrations. First edition, second state of the additional title. Eckel, pp.116-118; Smith, II: 5. 1845 The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. Half-title. Etched frontispiece and additional title, woodcut illustrations. With the Oliver Twist advertisement leaf at end. First edition. 1846 The Battle of Life. A Love Story. Half-title. Etched frontispiece and additional title, woodcut illustrations. First edition, fourth state of the additional title, with cupid added to the scroll but without publisher's imprint. Eckel, pp.121-123; Smith II: 8. 1846 The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain. Etched frontispiece and additional title on toned grounds by Martin & Corbould after John Tenniel, woodcut illustrations. First edition. 1848.