Dickens, A Christmas Carol, 1843, second edition

DICKENS, CHARLES

A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman and Hall, 1843

12mo (163 x 101mm.), second edition, corrected text, engraved frontispiece and 3 plates hand-coloured and 4 woodcuts in the text by John Leech, half-title printed in blue, title-page printed in red and blue, "Stave One" on p.[1], 2pp. of publisher's advertisements at end, original cinnamon vertically-waved cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, cream endpapers, all edges gilt, collector's red cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase, small ink spot on title-page, first gathering slightly loose, slightly leaning, rubbed

REFERENCE:

Smith II:4A

PROVENANCE:

John Elliot Jr (his bookplate)