THE BATTLE OF LIFE. A Love Story

Bradbury and Evans, 1846

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Year of publication

1846

Place of printing

London

Author

Dickens

Publishers

Bradbury and Evans

Edition

FIRST EDITION OF CHARLES DICKENS’ “CHRISTMAS BOOK”, THE BATTLE

Languages

English

First edition

Yes

Description

First edition, with the vignette title page in the Todd E1 and Eckel 4 state, rare thus. Engraved frontispiece and vignette title pages. Illustrations by Richard Doyle, John Leech, and others throughout. Small 8vo, in a very handsome antique full dark-green crushed levant morocco binding, the spine with raised bands, lettered in gilt in two compartments, turnovers with richly gilt rolled borders surrounding gilt tooled inner borders, fine French derived marbled endleaves, a.e.g. 175, [1] ads. pp. A very handsome, finely executed binding in excellent and beautifully preserved condition both within and without, the spine panel mellowed slightly to honey as is usual.