$10,625
A complete set of first editions of the Christmas Books. 5 vols. 12mo, original cloth (light wear to edges and extremities), custom red cloth clamshell case with gilt-lettered black leather spine label, comprising: London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. 12mo, first state binding ("D" intact, 14mm margin), half-title printed in blue, title-page printed in red and blue, verso printed in blue, hand-colored etched frontispiece and three hand-colored etched plates by John Leech, four wood-engravings in-text by W.J. Linton after Leech, 2pp. publisher's advertisements at the end. First edition, second impression per Smith, first impression, first issue per Todd YB43c (yellow endpapers, blue and red title-page, 1843 date, Stave One, remainder of text unrevised per Todd, also all per Scott save p.21, ln. 22, see supplement Table I Scott), one of three combinations that per Todd do not recur in the later issue, order 2 per Todd (no priority, outer b1 inner a1), sewers' mark "12" and line to verso of ad leaf and recto rear endpaper, and with one of five points noted in VanderPoel (space between sentences p.127, ln. 22, is 4mm). Ends bumped; text block slightly shifted; very light wear to cloth and a few intermittent brown spots; otherwise fine. London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. 12mo, original red cloth, yellow endpapers, a.e.g., advertisement, half-title, engraved frontispiece and first state vignette title page. First edition, first issue, with internal flaws per Smith (save "h" p.166, so Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2014-11-05
