Dickens’ Christmas Books, Bound by Bayntun with Original Cloth Bound-In
The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain.
Dickens, Charles.
London: Chapman & Hall; Bradbury & Evans, 1844-1848.
Price:
$8,000.00
About the item
Illustrations throughout (hand-colored in A Christmas Carol). 5 vols. 8vo. Red full calf with gilt borders, devices to spines, turn-ins, with spine title labels, original cloth covers and spine bound-in, aeg, by Bayntun. Edges rubbed, spines rubbed, bumps to a couple of corners; The Cricket with crack along top section of spine, The Haunted Man with chipped off section at head of spine, in-painted; in custom slipcase.
Item #376811
Dickens’ immortal Christmas stories, comprising:
(1) A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1844. Title printed in red and blue, half-title printed in blue. First edition, third issue with "Stave One"
(2) The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. London: Chapman & Hall, 1845. First edition, second issue
(3) The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Printed and Published for the Author by Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First edition, ad leaf lacking
(4) The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First edition, fourth state of pictorial title (Todd E1, Eckel 4).
(5) The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas-Time. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First edition.
