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Lot 347
Sale 5792 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Jan 30, 2020
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$1,875
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[Literature] Dickens, Charles A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas
London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First edition, third issue. With red and blue title-page, blue half-title, “Stave One” on first page of text, uncorrected text. Small 8vo. (vi), (1)-166 pp., 1 leaf ads at rear. Illustrated with four hand-colored engraved plates and 4 woodcut illustrations in text after John Leech. Late 19th or early 20th century polished tan calf, richly stamped in gilt, morocco spine labels, front and rear boards slightly dampstained, lightly rubbed, spine worn; all edges gilt; gilt dentelles; with the original gilt and blind decorated brown cloth covers and spine bound in, minor wear; text block with scattered spotting and soiling. Eckel p.10ff.