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CHARLES DICKENS: THE COLLECTION OF W.H. COLLIS OF LIVERPOOL
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DICKENS (CHARLES)
A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, Chapman & Hall, 1844

1 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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DICKENS (CHARLES)

A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, seventh edition, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 3 plates after John Leech, 4 wood-engravings by W.J. Linton after Leech, 2pp. advertisements at end, occasional soiling, offsetting from frontispiece and plates, a few corner creases, Lending Library label on front pastedown, publisher's cinnamon vertically-ribbed cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, g.e., small dampstain to upper cover, spine a little faded and bumped [Smith II:4], 12mo, Chapman & Hall, 1844

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Provenance: "Hector, B'ham, 20s/- 8 Aug: 1936", loosely inserted purchase note in Collis's hand.

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