Christmas Books. FIRST ENGLISH COLLECTED EDITION.
DICKENS, Charles.
From Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
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AbeBooks Seller since November 18, 1999
From Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since November 18, 1999
About this Item
Front. after Leech, text in two columns, final ad. leaf. Publisher ads on e.ps. Orig. light green cloth, boards blocked in blind, spine blocked & lettered in gilt; spine faded & sl. rubbed at head, one small mark on front board. A nice bright copy. The first collected edition, with a brief new preface by Dickens in which he describes his motivation for writing the Christmas books: 'My purpose was, in a whimsical kind of masque which the good humour of the season justified, to awaken some loving and forbearing thoughts, never out of season in a Christian land'. The endpaper advertisements are for Chapman & Hall's Series of Original Works; New Works; Works of Mr Charles Dickens Cheap Edition; Works of Thomas Carlyle. Seller Inventory # 15266
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Title: Christmas Books. FIRST ENGLISH COLLECTED ...
Publisher: Chapman & Hall. 1852
Publication Date: 1852
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
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