Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

Carey & Hart

1844

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Description

First American edition in rare blue gift binding of Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

  • Charles Dickens (English).
  • Illustrations by John Leech (English).
  • A Christmas Carol in Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.
  • Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1844.
  • 4 hand-colored plates and 3 black-and-white plates.
  • Bound in the publisher's special gift binding, with stamp of "J. C. Russell, Binder" incorporated into the border rules, rib-grain blue cloth, front cover gilt with double-rule border and frame composed of floral and other tools, rear cover with same design in blind, spine gilt in close imitation of the Chapman and Hall design, yellow glazed pastedowns and endpapers, plain edges.
  • Housed in a light blue clamshell case.

Condition Report

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Back corners square with some minor rubbing.

Some very minor toning to pages.

Occasional spotting.

Old damp stain affecting the lower corner only of the first 3 blank endleaves.

Dimensions

Height: 6.12 inches / 15.54 cm
Width: 3.87 inches / 9.83 cm

Feature(s)

First Edition

Language

English

Subject

Novels, Childrens, Fine bindings

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