DICKENS, CHARLES. 1812-1870. A Christmas Carol in
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DICKENS, CHARLES. 1812-1870.
A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843.
8vo (159 x 97 mm). Title page in red & blue, 'Stave I' as chapter heading, uncorrected text. 4 hand-colored steel engraved plates. Recent red morocco, gilt, page edges stained red, original cloth upper cover, titled in gilt, bound in a rear.
A HANDSOME COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, IN RED MOROCCO, OF DICKENS'S BELOVED CHRISTMAS CLASSIC, the second issue. Dickens had requested the title be printed in red and green with green endpapers to match, but he was disappointed with the appearance of the green printing. The title was subsequently printed in red and blue, the title-page date changed to 1843 (rather than the gift book convention of using the following year's date). Eckel, pp 110-115; Gimbel A79; Smith II, 4; Todd, 'Dickens' Christmas Carol,' Book Collector 10 (1961), pp 449-55.
A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843.
8vo (159 x 97 mm). Title page in red & blue, 'Stave I' as chapter heading, uncorrected text. 4 hand-colored steel engraved plates. Recent red morocco, gilt, page edges stained red, original cloth upper cover, titled in gilt, bound in a rear.
A HANDSOME COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, IN RED MOROCCO, OF DICKENS'S BELOVED CHRISTMAS CLASSIC, the second issue. Dickens had requested the title be printed in red and green with green endpapers to match, but he was disappointed with the appearance of the green printing. The title was subsequently printed in red and blue, the title-page date changed to 1843 (rather than the gift book convention of using the following year's date). Eckel, pp 110-115; Gimbel A79; Smith II, 4; Todd, 'Dickens' Christmas Carol,' Book Collector 10 (1961), pp 449-55.
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