Dickens, Charles with: Gaskell, Elizabeth; Halliday, Andrew; Yates, Edmund; Edwards, Amelia; and Collins, Charles A.

Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings [Charles Dickens's New Christmas Story]

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1863. First Edition, First Printing. Wrappers. A Very Good + or better copy of the First American Edition of this Dickens Christmas Number, being the fifth of his nine Christmas numbers (published from 1859-1867) in his famed periodical ["All The Year Round"], with Dickens having written only the first and last of the seven chapters comprising this tale. The second chapter was written by Elizabeth Gaskell, the third by Andrew Halliday, the fourth by Edmund Yates, the fifth by Amelia Edwards, and the sixth by Charles Dickens' son-in-law Charles A. Collins. This wrappered publication is in Very Good + or better condition with some soiling to the wrappers and only some slight loss to each cover's leading corner and to the lower spine, as well as a pencil note to the front wrapper's top edge. The rear wrapper's upper left corner shows some wrinkling. The inside rear wrapper is dated 1863 and hosts Harper's List of New Books. Copies of this publication are rather uncommon to the market and are considerably scarcer than is the first English edition; an all-together rather nice copy of this rather uncommon Dickens work. Very good +. Item #3582

Price: $325.00