DICKENS, Charles. A group of the Christmas books: The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In . London: Chapman and Hall, 1845 [but 1844]. 8 o . Half-title. Etched frontispiece and additional vignette title-page by F.P Becker after Daniel Maclise 11 illustrations by Groves, Linton, Gray, and the Dalziel Brothers after Richard Doyle John Leech and Clarkson Stanfield Original gilt and blind-stamped decorative cloth, edges gilt (light soiling to covers, weak). FIRST EDITION, second state of the vignette title-page, p. 39 numbered, punctuation present in imprint on verso of title-page. Eckel, p. 116-188; Smith II: 5. With ad for the Leeds Theatre production of The Chimes laid-in. -- The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home . London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846 [but 1845]. 8 o . Half title. Etched frontispiece and additional vignette title-page by Thompson and G. Dalziel after Daniel Maclise 12 illustrations by the Dalziel Brothers, Thomas Williams John Thompson J. Swain, and Groves after John Leech Richard Doyle Clarkson Stanfield and Edwin Landseer Original gilt and blind-stamped decorative cloth, edges gilt (chips to spine, ½-inch chip to head of spine, hinges cracked, light soiling to covers). FIRST EDITION, second state of the Oliver Twist advertisement leaf. Eckel, pp. 119-120; Smith II 6. -- The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain . London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. 8 o . Half-title. Etched frontispiece and additional vignette title-page on toned grounds by Martin & Corbould after John Tenniel 15 illustrations by Martin & Corbould, Thomas Williams Smith & Cheltnam, and the Dalziel Brothers after Tenniel, Clarkson Stanfield Frank Stone and John Leech Original gilt and blind-stamped decorative cloth, edges gilt (light soiling to covers, spines darkened, hinges weak). FIRST EDITION. Eckel, pp. 124-125; Smith II 9. -- Another copy. [ With: ] DICKENS. A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas . Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz, 1843. 8 o . (Some spotting and staining, marginal notations in ink and pencil, p. 61 torn through crossing text.) Contemporary cloth-backed boards (worn). (5)
DICKENS, Charles. A group of the Christmas books: The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In . London: Chapman and Hall, 1845 [but 1844]. 8 o . Half-title. Etched frontispiece and additional vignette title-page by F.P Becker after Daniel Maclise 11 illustrations by Groves, Linton, Gray, and the Dalziel Brothers after Richard Doyle John Leech and Clarkson Stanfield Original gilt and blind-stamped decorative cloth, edges gilt (light soiling to covers, weak). FIRST EDITION, second state of the vignette title-page, p. 39 numbered, punctuation present in imprint on verso of title-page. Eckel, p. 116-188; Smith II: 5. With ad for the Leeds Theatre production of The Chimes laid-in. -- The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home . London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846 [but 1845]. 8 o . Half title. Etched frontispiece and additional vignette title-page by Thompson and G. Dalziel after Daniel Maclise 12 illustrations by the Dalziel Brothers, Thomas Williams John Thompson J. Swain, and Groves after John Leech Richard Doyle Clarkson Stanfield and Edwin Landseer Original gilt and blind-stamped decorative cloth, edges gilt (chips to spine, ½-inch chip to head of spine, hinges cracked, light soiling to covers). FIRST EDITION, second state of the Oliver Twist advertisement leaf. Eckel, pp. 119-120; Smith II 6. -- The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain . London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. 8 o . Half-title. Etched frontispiece and additional vignette title-page on toned grounds by Martin & Corbould after John Tenniel 15 illustrations by Martin & Corbould, Thomas Williams Smith & Cheltnam, and the Dalziel Brothers after Tenniel, Clarkson Stanfield Frank Stone and John Leech Original gilt and blind-stamped decorative cloth, edges gilt (light soiling to covers, spines darkened, hinges weak). FIRST EDITION. Eckel, pp. 124-125; Smith II 9. -- Another copy. [ With: ] DICKENS. A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas . Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz, 1843. 8 o . (Some spotting and staining, marginal notations in ink and pencil, p. 61 torn through crossing text.) Contemporary cloth-backed boards (worn). (5)
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