“THE BIBLE OF CHRISTMAS”
DICKENS, Charles. Christmas Books. London, 1843-48. Together, five volumes.
First editions of all five of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books—chief among them a first issue of his immortal Christmas Carol, the veritable "Bible of Christmas"—illustrated with 63 engravings, four in color, by Leech, Maclise, Stanfield, Doyle and Landseer, all books in the original gilt-decorated cloth. A lovely set. $31,000.
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