The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848.

An excellent copy of Dickens’ final Christmas Book

(Item #1868) The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. Charles Dickens.

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First edition. Small 8vo: [viii], 188; complete. A solid, Near Fine copy with all required points by Smith (II.9). A few small ink spashes on the cloth and a small circular embossed ownership stamp on the front end paper, otherwise in excellent condition. Dickens' fifth and final Christmas book. As in his other Christmas books, Dickens is rather heavy-handed with his moral: that it is better to forgive than forget. Near Fine (Item #1868)

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“Christmas is a time in which, of all times in the year, the memory of every remediable sorrow, wrong, and trouble in the world around us, should be active with us, not less than our own experiences, for all good.”