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All Five Dickens Christmas Stories: A Christmas Carol [Together with:] The Chimes, A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In; The Cricket in the Hearth A Fairy Tale of Home; The Battle of Life A Love Story, and; The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain A Fancy for Christmas Time

All Five Dickens Christmas Stories: A Christmas Carol [Together with:] The Chimes, A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In; The Cricket in the Hearth A Fairy Tale of Home; The Battle of Life A Love Story, and; The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain A Fancy for Christmas Time

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All Five Dickens Christmas Stories: A Christmas Carol [Together with:] The Chimes, A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In; The Cricket in the Hearth A Fairy Tale of Home; The Battle of Life A Love Story, and; The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain A Fancy for Christmas Time

by DICKENS, Charles

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London: Chapman and Hall, Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First Printing of A Christmas Carol. Leather bindings housed in red full-morocco pull-top cases with some original cloth bound-in. Near Fine. Daniel Maclise, F. P. Becker, John Leech, John Tenniel, Richard Doyle, Edwin Lanseer, Marcus Stone, Clarkson Stanfield, Martin and Corbould. An excellent, complete set of Dickens's Christmas books, including a first edition, first issue of "A Christmas Carol" with parts of original cloth bound-in. All volumes 16mo. uniformly bound by Tout in three-quarter green morocco over green marbled boards, spines elaborately stamped and lettered in gilt. AEG. Matching marbled endpapers. Each volume with the bookplate of The Library of B. George Ulizio Charles Dickens Collection. Spines uniformly darkened. Some occasional offsetting from the bound-in cloth. Overall, a handsome set housed in matching full red morocco pull-top slipcases, felt-lined.

A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.: First edition, first issue. Pp. [viii], [1], 2-166, followed by two pages of publisher ads. Four inserted hand-colored plates, including frontis. Original trimmed cloth from front board and spine bound-in at rear.

The Chimes. A Goblin Story: First edition, first issue. Pp. [vi], [1], 2-175 followed by colophon, and publisher's notice for the tenth ed. of Christmas Carol. First state of the added engraved title and frontis. by Becker after Maclise. Original trimmed cloth from front board and spine bound-in at rear.

The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home.: First edition. Pp. [viii], [1], 2-174, followed by two pages of publisher ads, including the second state of the final leaf for the new edition of Oliver Twist. Engraved title and frontis. by G. Dalziel after Maclise. Original trimmed cloth from front board and spine bound-in at rear. Small marginal repairs to pp. 59-61.

The Battle of Life. A Love Story.: First edition, fourth issue. Pp. [viii], [1-3], 4-175, colophon, followed by two pages of publisher ads including Dombey and Son. Original trimmed cloth from front board and spine bound-in at rear. Faint owner signature at head of frontis.

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain: First edition. Pp. [vi], [1], 2-188, followed by two pages of publisher ads including Works by Mr. Dickens. Additional pictorial frontis. and title by Martin & Corbould after Tenniel. Original trimmed cloth from front board and spine bound-in at rear. ECKEL, pp. 110-125. SMITH, Dickens II: 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9.

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Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA US (US)
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Title
All Five Dickens Christmas Stories: A Christmas Carol [Together with:] The Chimes, A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In; The Cricket in the Hearth A Fairy Tale of Home; The Battle of Life A Love Story, and; The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain A Fancy for Christmas Time
Author
DICKENS, Charles
Illustrator
Daniel Maclise, F. P. Becker, John Leech, John Tenniel, Richard Doyle, Edwin Lanseer, Marcus Stone, Clarkson Stanfield, Martin a
Format/Binding
Leather bindings housed in red full-morocco pull-top cases with some original cloth bound-in
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Printing of A Christmas Carol
Publisher
Chapman and Hall, Bradbury and Evans
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1848

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Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.

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