Comprises: A Christmas Carol, in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. [8], 166 pp. Illustrated by John Leech with 4 hand-colored etched plates & 4 engravings in the text. Title-page printed in red & blue, its verso & half-title in blue; "Stave One" as first chapter heading. 1st Edition, 1st Issue, 3rd State. 1843. * The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. [8], 174 + [2] ad pp. Illustrated with wood engravings after Richard Doyle, John Leech, E. Landseer & Clarkson Stanfield; steel-engraved frontispiece & added title after Daniel Maclise. First state of the advertisement leaf. 1st Edition. 1846. * The Battle of Life: A Love Story. [8], 175, [1] + [2] ad pp. Illustrated with wood engravings after Richard Doyle, John Leech, Daniel Maclise & Clarkson Stanfield; steel-engraved frontispiece & added title after Maclise (fourth state of the added title). 1st Edition. 1846. * The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas Time. [8], 188 pp. Illustrated with wood engravings after John Tenniel, Clarkson Stanfield, John Leech & Frank Stone; frontispiece & added title after Tenniel. 1st Edition. 1848. Together, 4 volumes. 6½x4, uniform full green polished calf by Root & Son, double gilt rule and gilt floral corner devices, spines gilt, later morocco lettering pieces, all edges gilt. Housed in a custom full red morocco drop-back box, spine lettered in gilt.

Lacking 'The Chimes' but with ample space allowed in the box for its addition. Each volume with the bookplate of Nicholas Frederic Brady.