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CHARLES DICKENS: THE COLLECTION OF W.H. COLLIS OF LIVERPOOL
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DICKENS (CHARLES)
A Christmas Carol, FIRST EDITION, second issue, Chapman & Hall, 1843

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, FIRST EDITION, Smith's second issue, with the 1843 title-page printed in red and blue, the text largely uncorrected, "Stave One" on p.[1] and yellow endpapers, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 3 plates after John Leech, 4 wood-engravings by W.J. Linton after Leech, 2pp. advertisements at end, some soiling, publisher's cinnamon vertically-ribbed cloth, stamped in blind and gilt (Todd's first impression, first issue, with 14-15mm. between closest points of blind-stamping and gold wreath on upper cover, and the "D" of "Dickens" unbroken), g.e., slight damp-staining and some fading of gilt, spine ends bumped, front hinge starting [Eckel pp.110-115; Smith II:4; William B. Todd, The Book Collector, Winter 1961, pp.449-454], 12mo (162 x 100mm.), Chapman & Hall, 1843

Footnotes

FIRST EDITION OF 'A CHRISTMAS CAROL' IN THE FIRST ISSUE BINDING: Todd's first impression, first issue due to the binding, but traditionally described as the second issue, with "Stave One", the text uncorrected, red and blue title-page dated 1843, and yellow endpapers.

Provenance: "ML Dec 26/43", faded inscription on half-title; "[erased] Lockwood/ Book/ May 18 1855" inscription on verso of front free endpaper; John Ingram, ink signature n front free endpaper; from Spencer", note in Collis's hand loosely inserted.

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