Author: Charles Dickens
Title: The Battle of Life: A Love Story
Description: London, Chapman and Hall, 1887. Cloth. A smart copy of Charles Dickens' lesser known novella from his 'Christmas Books' series, charmingly illustrated throughout. A smart copy of Charles Dickens' love story, the fourth of his five Christmas Books. In the publisher's original cloth binding with illustrative gilt stamp to the front board. The story is set in an English village that stands on the site of a historic battle, with characters referring to the battle as a metaphor for the struggles of life. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page and eleven in-text engravings throughout. Collated complete.With four pages of publisher's advertisements to the endpapers and to the front and rear pastedowns. In the original cloth binding with illustrative gilt. Externally, smart. Offsetting to the rear board and slight fading to the spine. Handling marks to the boards and moderate rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. The odd spot to the front endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the verso of front free endpaper. Good . Ill.: Thompson; Dalziel; Williams; Green. Good .

Keywords: Charles Dickens The Battle of Life Illustrated The Battle of Life Thompson; Dalziel; Williams; Green


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