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3 Christmas books by Charles Dickens
3 Christmas books by Charles Dickens
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Author: Dickens, Charles
Title: Three Dickens Christmas books
Place Published: London
Publisher:Bradbury & Evans
Date Published: 1846-1848
Description:
3 items. (8vo) publisher's gilt- and blind-stamped crimson cloth. All first editions. Includes:


  • The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. [8], 174 + [2] ad pp. Illustrated with wood engravings after Richard Doyle, John Leech, E. Landseer & Clarkson Stanfield; steel-engraved frontispiece & added title after Daniel Maclise. First state of the advertisement leaf. 1846.


  • The Battle of Life: A Love Story. [8], 175, [1] + [2] ad pp. Illustrated with wood engravings after Richard Doyle, John Leech, Daniel Maclise & Clarkson Stanfield; steel-engraved frontispiece & added engraved title after Maclise (fourth state of the engraved title). 1846.


  • The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas Time. [8], 188 pp. Illustrated with wood engravings after John Tenniel, Clarkson Stanfield, John Leech & Frank Stone; frontispiece & added title after Tenniel. 1848.


Condition
All bindings rubbed, corners bumped, lightly soiled, leaning; rebacked with original spine laid down; pages lightly toned with occasional soiling; "Cricket": inscription on verso of illustration contents page erased; "Haunted": inscription on ffep; first and last few leaves foxed; overall good.
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