CHRISTMAS STORIES ETC. BOUND IN ONE: A Christmas Carol. The Chimes: A Goblin Story. The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. The Story of Little Dombey. The Poor Traveller, Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn and Mrs Gamp. FIVE VOLUMES IN ONE HALF CALF BINDING.
by DICKENS, Charles
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1862, 1868, 1899. . Chapman and Hall. London. Five Volumes bound in one. Small 8vo. Half maroon calf gilt, contrasting labels. Green boards, marbled page edges. Extremities of covers worn and slightly rubbed. Inner hinge slighty visible, occasional foxing and browning, some pencil bracketing to A Christmas Carol only, otherwise a clean and sound collection. A Christmas Carol is undated but circa 1868, The Chimes is 1868, The Cricket on the Hearth is undated, Little Dombey is 1862 and The Poor Traveller & Mrs. Gamp is 1869.
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- Bookseller
- Addyman Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85865
- Title
- CHRISTMAS STORIES ETC. BOUND IN ONE: A Christmas Carol. The Chimes: A Goblin Story. The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. The Story of Little Dombey. The Poor Traveller, Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn and Mrs Gamp. FIVE VOLUMES IN ONE HALF CALF BINDING.
- Author
- DICKENS, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1862, 1868, 1899.
- Keywords
- FICTION dickens christmas 19th century binding
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