1928 – CHRISTMAS BOOKS By Charles Dickens Vintage ILLUSTRATED LEATHER Book

Description: 1928 – CHRISTMAS BOOKS By Charles Dickens Vintage ILLUSTRATED LEATHER Book 1928 – CHRISTMAS BOOKS By Charles Dickens. Vintage ILLUSTRATED, LEATHER Book with 65 ILLUSTRATIONS, including drawings by John Leech, D. Maclise, R. Doyle, C. Stanfield, E. Landseer, J. Tenniel, and F. Stone. These are all present and accounted for, as per what is stated as present in the ‘List Of Illustrations’. This is a reprint of the first edition, with the illustrations, and an introduction, biographical and bibliographical by Charles Dickens the younger. It is a collection of stories, and includes ‘A Christmas Carol’, ‘The Chimes’, ‘The Cricket on the Hearth’, ‘The Battle of Life’, and ‘The Haunted Man And The Ghost’s Bargain’. There are also top-edge gilt pages and a ribbon inside, which would have been intended as a bookmark. This is a neat and clean copy of this book for its age. Please see further details below in the description. Published by Macmillan and Co., Limited, St. Martin’s Street, London and printed in Great Britain by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. It was first printed by Macmillan & Co., in 1892 and this is a 1928 reprint. It is part of the series “The Works of Charles Dickens”. ‘A Christmas Carol’ was first published in 1843 and is the classic story of Scrooge. This was followed by ‘The Chimes’ in 1844, ‘The Cricket on the Hearth’ in 1845, ‘The Battle of Life’ in 1846, and lastly, ‘The Haunted Man’ in 1848. There is no dust jacket. The blue limp leather-bound cover has beautiful gilt stamp lettering and decorations on the spine and embossed borders on the boards. The boards and spine are intact and robust, and in a good condition for nearly 100 years old. There is some wear to the cover, including very soft bumping to the corners, light rubbing at the edges and corners, a couple of small holes in the leather in the front board, small rips at the top of the spine, several light or small marks, light scratches, and a crease in the spine. Please refer to the photographs for further details. Inside, the pages are bright for their age, and just very lightly tanned. The pages are overall very neat and clean, and predominantly uncreased. There are just small creases or very small marks on a few pages. There are no rips to the pages. On the back free endpaper there is a very small ink stamp (see photo). However, there are no further pen or pencil marks written inside this book. Between just a few pages there is a light crack in the gutter. However, all the pages are all secure. There are no missing pages. All 412 pages are present, plus 4 pages at the rear containing the publisher’s catalogue. Please study the photos carefully as to the condition of this book, as they do form part of the description. This measures approximately 19 cm by 13 cm and 2.8 cm wide. It weighs approximately 517 grams. Charles Dickens was one of the most renowned and influential authors of the Victorian era. He was born in 1812 in Portsmouth, England and is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of the English language.Dickens passed away in 1870 at the age of 58, but his literary legacy has endured. He is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential writers in the English language, whose works continue to be read, studied, and adapted around the world.Thank you so much for looking.

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