DICKENS, Charles. The Battle of Life, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846, small 8°, FIRST EDITION, fourth issue of the engraved frontispiece and additional title, wood-engraved illustrations, original deep-red horizontally-ribbed cloth blocked in gilt and blind, g.e. (corners slightly bumped, slight split to joints) [Smith II, p.62]; and 2 other "Christmas Books" (The Cricket on the Hearth and a second edition of The Chimes). (3)