The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas-Time
- 1848
1848. London: Chapman and Hall, 1848.
8vo, [viii], 188 pp. with advert leaf, frontispiece, vignette title page, and 15 other in-text illustrations. Publisher's red cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Old subtle repair to backstrip ends, cloth over lower hinge with split. Contemporary gift inscription on front free endpaper.
§ First edition of the fifth and final Christmas book by Dickens in which he returns to his original theme of a misanthrope reformed through supernatural intervention at Christmastime. Smith II:9. All internal flaws noted by Smith present except the high "E" in Extraordinary (p.iv) and battered '1' in p. 166 pagination (both noted by Smith in only some copies).
8vo, [viii], 188 pp. with advert leaf, frontispiece, vignette title page, and 15 other in-text illustrations. Publisher's red cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Old subtle repair to backstrip ends, cloth over lower hinge with split. Contemporary gift inscription on front free endpaper.
§ First edition of the fifth and final Christmas book by Dickens in which he returns to his original theme of a misanthrope reformed through supernatural intervention at Christmastime. Smith II:9. All internal flaws noted by Smith present except the high "E" in Extraordinary (p.iv) and battered '1' in p. 166 pagination (both noted by Smith in only some copies).
Details
Title
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas-Time
Author
Dickens, Charles
Condition
Unknown
Date
1848