5 first of Dickens’ Christmas books (a new literary genre thus created incidentally)… it was an extraordinary achievement—the one great Christmas myth of modern literature.” A Christmas Carol is from the first issue, with all first issue points. Binding matches Todd’s first impression, first issue (Smith II:4). Dickens followed A Christmas Carol’s tremendous success with four more Christmas books. In each book, he deftly develops the themes of the first, ideals that have consequently become inseparable from the holiday itself: love and redemption, charity and mercy. Eckel, 110-125. Smith II: 4-6, 8-9. Contemporary owner inscription in Christmas Carol dated January 1, 1843. A Christmas Carol with plates and text fine, original cloth fresh and fine with gilt wonderfully bright, spine somewhat cocked. Other volumes in nearfine to fine condition, with minimal wear to cloth, spine of Battle of Life toned. A beautiful unrestored set.
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