DICKENS, CHARLES. A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. Small 8vo, original brown-salmon vertically ribbed cloth, borders of both covers blocked blind, ornamental lettering panels gilt-blocked on front cover and spine, g.e., the covers (particularly spine and rear) expertly cleaned; olive morocco pull-off case. FIRST EDITION, title-page printed in blue and red; half-title and title-page verso printed in blue; yellow endpapers; text uncorrected except for "Stave One" on p. [1] (all corresponding to Eckel's third issue, Gimbel's third state, Smith's second issue, and Todd's first impression, second issue, second state); 2 pages of integral advertisements at end. Hand-colored etched frontispiece, 3 hand-colored etched plates by John Leech and 4 wood-engravings by W.J. Linton after Leech. Eckel, p. 110; Smith, vol. 2, no. 4. [With:] DICKENS, CHARLES. The Battle of Life. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. Small 8vo, original red cloth gilt, g.e., slight wear at heel of spine and fore-corners; olive morocco pull-off case (uniform with the one above). FIRST EDITION, second state of vignette title-page. With 13 engraved illustrations by Maclise, R. Doyle, Stanfield, and Leech. Smith, vol. 2, no. 8.
DICKENS, CHARLES. A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. Small 8vo, original brown-salmon vertically ribbed cloth, borders of both covers blocked blind, ornamental lettering panels gilt-blocked on front cover and spine, g.e., the covers (particularly spine and rear) expertly cleaned; olive morocco pull-off case. FIRST EDITION, title-page printed in blue and red; half-title and title-page verso printed in blue; yellow endpapers; text uncorrected except for "Stave One" on p. [1] (all corresponding to Eckel's third issue, Gimbel's third state, Smith's second issue, and Todd's first impression, second issue, second state); 2 pages of integral advertisements at end. Hand-colored etched frontispiece, 3 hand-colored etched plates by John Leech and 4 wood-engravings by W.J. Linton after Leech. Eckel, p. 110; Smith, vol. 2, no. 4. [With:] DICKENS, CHARLES. The Battle of Life. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. Small 8vo, original red cloth gilt, g.e., slight wear at heel of spine and fore-corners; olive morocco pull-off case (uniform with the one above). FIRST EDITION, second state of vignette title-page. With 13 engraved illustrations by Maclise, R. Doyle, Stanfield, and Leech. Smith, vol. 2, no. 8.
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