Dickens, A Christmas Carol, 1849, twelfth edition

DICKENS, CHARLES

A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1849

12mo (165 x 101mm.), twelfth edition, 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, 1p. 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, minor soiling to boards

REFERENCE:

Smith II:4A

PROVENANCE:

James Rolt (his armorial bookplate)