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CHARLES DICKENS: THE COLLECTION OF W.H. COLLIS OF LIVERPOOL
Lot 96

DICKENS (CHARLES)
A Christmas Carol, third edition, 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, third edition, title-page printed in blue and red, half-title and verso of title printed in blue, "Stave One" on p.[1], hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 3 plates after John Leech, 4 wood-engravings by W.J. Linton after Leech, 2pp. advertisements at end, some light soiling, one gathering working loose, publisher's cinnamon vertically-ribbed cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, g.e., yellow endpapers, spine and edges a little faded, some damp stains on lower cover, rear hinge weak [Eckel pp.110-115; Smith II:4A], 12mo (162 x 100mm.), Chapman & Hall, 1843

Footnotes

Provenance: Anne Windham 1844, ownership signature on front paste-down; Executors of W.J. Harris, 16 January 1930, loosely inserted note in Collis's hand.

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