James Cummins Bookseller

Leipzig: J.J. Weber, 1844; 1845.

Price: $4,000.00

About the item

First German-language editions, translated by E.A. Moriarty. Frontispiece and 7 etched plates by John Leech. [3] - 128 pp.; frontispiece and 3 plates by John Leech, [3] - 128 pp. 12mo. Publisher’s cloth-backed green marbled boards, spotting to frontispiece and title page of the second work, else near fine. Gimbel/Podeschi D4 (for later collected German ed., but see note for this ed.).

Item #253749

The first German editions of Dickens’ first two Christmas books. Not in the Gimbel collection, and rare on the market.