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Lot 209
Sale 1184 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
May 11, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,000 -
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$7,560
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Lot Description
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843.
8vo. Half-title, 8 illustrations including frontispiece. Later full Spanish calf gilt with all edges gilt.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, second state with title page printed in red and blue and dated 1843 with first chapter heading "Stave I" and the balance of the text uncorrected. Eckel pp. 110-115; Smith II:4; Gimbel A79.