DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). [Christmas Books]. London: 1843-1848.
Comprising: A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. FIRST EDITION, third issue with ‘Stave One’ chapter heading. -- The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. London: Bradbury and Evans for Chapman and Hall, 1845. FIRST EDITION, later issue. -- The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. FIRST EDITION, fourth issue with variant title. -- The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas-Time. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. FIRST EDITION. -- The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Bradbury and Evans for the Author, 1846. FIRST EDITION.
5 volumes, octavo (160 x 100mm). (Very occasional light spotting and finger-soiling, a few plates closely shaved, lacking ads.) Contemporary gilt calf by Morrell, all edges gilt (extremities lightly rubbed).
A HANDSOME, UNIFORMLY BOUND COMPLETE SET of Dickens’s Christmas books.