Lot 67
[Dickens, Charles]. Four Volumes: The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, and The Haunted Man. Lot consisting of four volumes, all 8vo, all published by Bradbury & Evans, London, all bound in red morocco with gilt trim and lettering: The Chimes: A Goblin Story, 1st issue, 1845. The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home,, 1st issue, Printed and Published For the Author, 1846; The Battle of Life, 2nd issue, 1846, front cover and first two end pages separated but present; and The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain, 1st and only issue, 1848. All with bookplates and some resultant ghosting to facing page. Estimate Value $500 - UP
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