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DICKENS, Charles. A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843.
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DICKENS, Charles. A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843.
8o (159 x 102 mm). 2-page publisher's advertisement at end. Hand-colored etched frontispiece and three plates by John Leech, four wood-engravings in the text by W.J. Linton after Leech (some dustsoiling, a few stains). Half-title printed in blue, title-page printed in red and blue, verso printed in blue. Original brown fine-ribbed cloth, covers with decorative blind border surrounding central gilt cartouche and lettering on upper, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, green endpapers (some soiling and spotting); fleece-lined cloth folding case.
FIRST EDITION, first issue, with "Stave I" as the first chapter heading, balance of text uncorrected, red and blue title-page dated 1843. A MASTERPIECE OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND ARGUABLY THE MOST WIDELY READ AND BEST KNOWN OF DICKENS'S WORKS. Philo Calhoun and Howell J. Heaney, "Dickens' Christmas Carol After a Hundred Years: A Study in Bibliographical Evidence," in: Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 39 (Fourth Quarter, 1945); Eckel, p. 110; Kitton, pp. 33-37; Smith II:4.
8o (159 x 102 mm). 2-page publisher's advertisement at end. Hand-colored etched frontispiece and three plates by John Leech, four wood-engravings in the text by W.J. Linton after Leech (some dustsoiling, a few stains). Half-title printed in blue, title-page printed in red and blue, verso printed in blue. Original brown fine-ribbed cloth, covers with decorative blind border surrounding central gilt cartouche and lettering on upper, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, green endpapers (some soiling and spotting); fleece-lined cloth folding case.
FIRST EDITION, first issue, with "Stave I" as the first chapter heading, balance of text uncorrected, red and blue title-page dated 1843. A MASTERPIECE OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND ARGUABLY THE MOST WIDELY READ AND BEST KNOWN OF DICKENS'S WORKS. Philo Calhoun and Howell J. Heaney, "Dickens' Christmas Carol After a Hundred Years: A Study in Bibliographical Evidence," in: Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 39 (Fourth Quarter, 1945); Eckel, p. 110; Kitton, pp. 33-37; Smith II:4.