To include:

A CHRISTMAS CAROL. London: Chapman & Hall, printed by Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., n.d. Later edition. Original blind- and gilt-stamped red cloth with gilt edges. 8vo; [viii], 166, [2]pp. With half-title, color frontispiece, title with red border, preface, contents page, and final (2) pages of advertisements for Dickens's works. With b&w illustrations throughout and (4) color plates including frontis. (Boards with heavy edgewear, light scuffing, and rubbed corners, upper board with small stains, discoloration to spine and board edge, and spine with rubbing to tail and loss at head; light worming and cracking at joints, and cracking at front hinge and gutter at tail; lacking front endpaper, paste-downs with minor damp staining at edges and bookseller sticker at rear, half-title with ghost writing, edge chipping to preliminaries; pages lightly toned with minimal foxing and occasional light grime, heavier toning and foxing to half-title and last (3) pages; a good copy.)

THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. London: Printed and published for the author, by Bradbury & Evans, 1846 [1845]. First edition. Original blind- and gilt-stamped red cloth with gilt edges. 12mo; [viii], 174, [2]pp. With half-title, frontispiece, vignette title page, title, dedication, and list of illustrations; (2) pages of ads at the end (with the first state of the Oliver Twist advertisement leaf); (14) total b&w illustrations. Smith II 6; Eckel 125-126. (Spine cocked and darkened with small chips and losses at ends, boards with bumped and lightly rubbed corners, damp staining on lower board, spine, and endpapers; cracking at rear hinge and occasional gutter cracking; half-title torn, pages with light toning and occasional grime; a good copy.)

THE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST'S BARGAIN. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. Blind- and gilt-stamped red cloth with gilt edges (appears rebound with original backstrip and cloth from upper board preserved, refreshed yellow endpapers). 12mo; [viii], 188pp. With (2) pages of ads, frontispiece, engraved title by John Tenniel, title, list of illustrations; (17) total b&w illustrations. Smith II 9; Eckel 131-132. (Heavy discoloration to upper board and spine, wear to spine ends and (2) corners; interior with toning and scattered foxing (heavier at preliminaries), and occasional light grime; a good copy.)

7 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.; 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.; 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.

Includes the first, third, and last of the five Dickens Christmas books. With A Christmas Carol, called the "greatest Christmas book ever written in any language," and the "immensely popular" The Cricket on the Hearth which "is said to rank second in importance as a Christmas Book" (Eckel, 116, 125).