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Lot 144
Sale 1336 - Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Worlds of Tomorrow, and Americana
Jun 7, 2024
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Live / Chicago
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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 (164 x 101 mm). Half-title, 8 illustrations including frontispiece (one plate with chipping at margins with several losses not affecting image, some light soiling). Original cloth gilt (soiling, spine joints chipped, spine rebacked, possibly with a later edition spine). Provenance: Henry Sanderson Furniss, 1st Baron Sanderson (1868-1939), British politician (ownership bookplate).
SECOND EDITION (statement erased from title-page). Eckel, p. 116; Gimbel A79; Smith II:4.