1846 Charles Dickens - The Battle Of Life. A Love Story - Red Cloth Illustrated
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1846 CHARLES DICKENS - THE BATTLE OF LIFE. A LOVE STORY - RED CLOTH ILLUSTRATED. Publisher's original gilt-decorated red embossed cloth, SPINE RENEWED, all edges gilt. THE BATTLE OF LIFE. A LOVE STORY. London: Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars, 1846. CHARLES DICKENS. CHARLES DICKENS THE BATTLE OF LIFE. A LOVE STORY. London: Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars, 1846.Small octavo (approx. 4¼ × 6¾ in.). FIRST EDITION of Dickens’ fourth Christmas book. FOURTH ISSUE of the vignette title (Todd E1, Eckel 4), with “A Love Story ” etched in tiny letters on a scroll carried by a cupid , without the three–line publisher’s imprint. Publisher's original gilt-decorated red embossed cloth, SPINE RENEWED, all edges gilt. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, and numerous in-text wood engravings by Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, John Leech, Clarkson Stanfield, and others. One of Dickens's beloved Christmas Books, presenting a domestic tale of love, sacrifice, and reconciliation.
