$5,228
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) Christmas Tales, First Editions, Five Volumes. A Christmas Carol , London: Chapman & Hall, 1843, first edition, first issue, title printed in red and blue, half-title and title verso printed in blue, "Stave I" on first page of text, hand-colored frontispiece and three plates by John Leech, four wood engravings in the text by W.J. Linton; green endleaves, one leaf of ads at the end; The Chimes , London: Chapman & Hall, 1845, engraved frontispiece and additional title after Maclise, wood engravings after Doyle, Leech, and Stanfield; The Cricket on the Hearth , London: for the Author by Bradbury & Evans, 1846, engraved frontispiece and additional title, illustrations by Leech et al.; The Battle of Life , London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846, engraved frontispiece and additional title, illustrations by Leech et al.; [and] The Haunted Man , London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848, engraved frontispiece and additional title, illustrated; all five volumes bound in uniform crushed red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, with red watered silk endleaves, a.e.g., cloth from the original bindings bound in every volume at the back, 6 3/8 x 4 in. (5)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-11-17
