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Title: [Set of the five Christmas Books] Author: Dickens, Charles Place: London Publisher: Date: 1843-1848 Description: Comprises: A Christmas Carol, in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. [8], 166 pp. Illustrated by John Leech with 4 hand-colored etched plates & 4 engravings in the text. Title-page printed in red & blue, its verso & half-title in blue. 12th Edition. 1845. * The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. [8], 175, [1] pp. Illustrated with wood engravings after Richard Doyle John Leech & Clarkson Stanfield; steel-engraved frontispiece & added title after Daniel Maclise (second state of the added title). 4th Edition. 1845. * The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. [8], 174 pp. Illustrated with wood engravings after Richard Doyle John Leech E. Landseer & Clarkson Stanfield; steel-engraved frontispiece & added title after Daniel Maclise Advertisement leaf not present. 1st Edition. 1846. * The Battle of Life: A Love Story. [8], 175, [1] pp. Illustrated with wood engravings after Richard Doyle John Leech Daniel Maclise & Clarkson Stanfield; steel-engraved frontispiece & added title after Maclise (fourth state of the added title). Advertisement leaf not present. 1st Edition. 1846. * The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas Time. [8], 188 pp. Illustrated with wood engravings after John Tenniel Clarkson Stanfield John Leech & Frank Stone; frontispiece & added title after Tenniel. Advertisement leaf not present. 1st Edition. 1848. Together, 5 volumes. 16x10 cm. (6x4"), period uniform half red morocco & marbled boards, spines tooled in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers & edges. Attractive set of Dickens’ five Christmas Books. Smith II, 4, 5, 6, 8 & 9. Lot Amendments Condition: Cricket missing top ¼" of spine strip, Carol with small chip to spine head; Carol with offsetting from the plates; overall very good, some better. Item number: 214771