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“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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SPLENDID 40-VOLUME ILLUSTRATED LIMITED EDITION SET OF DICKENS' WORKS

DICKENS, Charles. Works. London, 1906-08. Forty volumes.

"National Edition" of the works, letters, and life of Dickens, one of only 750 sets, copiously illustrated reproducing original etchings and wrapper designs, 40 volumes handsomely bound. $11,000.

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“IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES”

DICKENS, Charles. Tale of Two Cities. London, 1859.

First edition in book form, first issue, of Dickens’ second historical novel and one of his most enduring works—a powerful tale of self-sacrifice and rebirth against the backdrop of the French Revolution—handsomely bound by Bayntun-Riviere. $9200.

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ONE OF 525 COPIES BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM

(RACKHAM, Arthur) DICKENS, Charles. Christmas Carol. London and Philadelphia, 1915.

Signed limited edition of the "Bible of Christmas," number 77 of only 525 copies signed by the illustrator, with 12 beautiful mounted color plates and 20 in-text line cuts by Rackham. $9200.

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HANDSOME SET OF DICKENS’ WORKS, ILLUSTRATED FROM THE ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS

DICKENS, Charles. Works. New York, 1898-1900. Thirty-six volumes.

Later edition of Dickens Works, illustrated with full-page steel-engraved plates from the original illustrations by various artists including Cruikshank, Phiz, Graves, and Tenniel, handsomely bound by Macdonald. $8500.

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DICKENS’ BLEAK HOUSE, IN ORIGINAL PARTS AND SCARCE ORIGINAL BLUE WRAPPERS

DICKENS, Charles. Bleak House. London, 1852-53. Twenty parts in 19, as issued.

Scarce first edition in original parts and wrappers of Dickens' ambitious, bracing masterpiece, with 40 engraved illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"), including frontispiece and nine other dramatic "dark plates," as well as vignette title page. All in original blue wrappers. $6800.

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“NEVER WAS A BOOK RECEIVED WITH MORE RAPTUROUS ENTHUSIASM THAN THAT WHICH GREETED THE PICKWICK PAPERS”

DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London, 1837.

First edition, bound from the original parts (mixed first and later issues), of one of Dickens’ greatest works, of one of Dickens’ greatest works, with 43 illustrations by Seymour, Phiz, and Buss, attractively bound. $6500.

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“LARGER AND BRIGHTER THAN THE REALITY”

DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London, 1839.

First edition, early issue, bound from parts, of one of Dickens' most popular novels, illustrated with 39 etchings by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz") and the steel-engraved frontispiece portrait after the painting by Daniel Maclise. $2600.

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“THE LOVELIEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE BUT SHADOWS; THEY COME AND GO, AND CHANGE AND FADE AWAY"

DICKENS, Charles. Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. London, 1844.

First edition in book form of Dickens’ picaresque novel of “farce, melodrama, and social criticism,” with 40 full-page etchings by Hablôt Knight Browne (“Phiz”), beautifully bound by Bayntun in full crushed morocco-gilt. $2500.

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"LARGER AND BRIGHTER THAN THE REALITY"

DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London, 1839.

First edition, first issue, of one of Dickens' most popular novels, illustrated with 39 etchings by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz") and the steel-engraved frontispiece portrait after the painting by Daniel Maclise. $1800.

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“HIS SINGLE MOST FEROCIOUS ONSLAUGHT AGAINST ENGLAND”

DICKENS, Charles. Little Dorrit. London, 1857.

First edition in book form, first issue, of one of Dickens’ most outspoken and outstanding novels, with 40 illustrations by Hablôt Knight Brown (“Phiz”), including frontispiece and vignette title page. $1750.

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