Dickens, A Christmas Carol, 1846, eleventh edition, first Bradbury and Evans edition

DICKENS, CHARLES

A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Printed and Published for the Author by Bradbury and Evans, 1846

12mo (161 x 101mm.), eleventh edition, FIRST BRADBURY AND EVANS ISSUE, 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, 2pp. of publisher's advertisements printed at end, original red vertically-waved cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, cream endpapers, all edges gilt, previous ownership inscription to front free endpaper, collector's red cloth folding box, tear to front free endpaper, hinges slightly starting, minor soiling to boards

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Smith II:4A