The Battle of Life, A Love Story

London: Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars, 1846. Very Good. London: Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars, 1846. First Edition, fourth state with cupid holding the banner on title page vignette and without publisher's imprint. Octavo. 175 + 2 pp. advertisements. Black and white illustrations. Deep red cloth stamped in gilt with two cherubs mounted on wasps above a decorative spray; light yellow endpapers; all edges gilt. Boards lightly worn and bumped on edges with brief exposure to extremities. Binding is sound. Armorial bookplate of "John P. Ferrier" to front pastedown and his ownership signature to title page; minor smudging; interior else unmarked. A Very Good copy of Dickens' fourth of five Christmas books.

[Walter E. Smith vol. II, p. 62].