A Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain by Charles Dickens 1848 First Edition

A Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain: A Fancy for Christmas-Time. By Charles Dickens. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848.

 

FIRST EDITION of one of Dickens' Christmas Books in the original publisher's cloth.

 

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Provenance:

Bookplate of H. J. Ff. Taylor with the motto "qui stat videat ne cadot" (Let him who stands take care lest he fall).

Ink gift inscription reading "Helena Bu? Xmas 1848".

 

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Edition Points:  (as mentioned in Smith II., 9)

• pp.21, line 5, "recals". (Present)
• pp.42, line 6, "recals".
• pp.57, line 1, there is a space in the word build, thus reading "Buil d". (Present)
• pp.74, 7 lines up, "inderdicted". (Present)
• pp.102, 9 lines up, there is a space in the word said, thus reading "s aid". (Present)
• pp.122, last line, the r in "children" is partially printed, in some copies only.
• pp.141, 3 lines up, there is a space in the word its, thus reading "i ts". (Present)

 

Condition: 

[2pp. (advertisements), frontis, engraved title, t.p., 1pp. (Illustrations), half title, 188pp.]

Original red cloth with gilt title in decorative border to front board, blind stamped boards, and gilt decorative title to spine. Binding bright with very minor scuffing and very light discolouration. Binding slightly cocked. Rear board detached, thus won't stand upright. Front board attached with hinge cracked and joint starting. Very small loss of cloth to the upper inner corner of the front board. Corners lightly turned-in. Shelf and edge wear. All page edges gilt. Bookplate attached to front pastedown. Ink gift inscription to ffep dated 1848. Very light edge toning to endpapers. Text block very clean with light edge toning and occasional foxing. First few leaves foxed and toned. 

 

[Smith II., 9]