$7,500
A complete set of first editions of the Christmas Books. 5 vols. 12mo, original cloth (light wear to edges and extremities), custom red morocco gilt felt-lined clamshell case. Comprising: London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First state binding ("D" intact, 14mm margin), green endpapers, 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; London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. 12mo, publisher's red cloth, yellow endpapers, a.e.g., advertisement, half-title, engraved frontispiece and first state vignette title page; London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. 12mo, publisher's red cloth, yellow endpapers, a.e.g., half-title, frontispiece and vignette title page, first state ad leaf; 12mo, publisher's red cloth, yellow endpapers, a.e.g., half-title, advertisements, frontispiece and second state vignette title page; London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. 12mo, publisher's red cloth, yellow endpapers, a.e.g., advertisements, frontispiece and vignette title page. Boards lightly soiled and bumped at corners; bookplate tipped in front pastedowns all vols.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2016-05-05
