Charles Dickens: The Lawrence Drizen Collection
Charles Dickens: The Lawrence Drizen Collection
Auction Closed
September 24, 03:31 PM GMT
Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
Lot Details
Description
DICKENS, CHARLES
A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman and Hall, 1843
12mo (163 x 100mm.), third edition, engraved frontispiece and 3 plates hand-coloured, and 4 woodcuts in the text by John Leech, half-title printed in blue, title-page printed in red and blue, 2pp. of publisher's advertisements at end, original cinnamon vertically-waved cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, cream endpapers, all edges gilt, previous ownership inscription in ink on half-title, minor spotting, some gatherings starting, spine sunned, minor soiling to lower board
REFERENCE:
Smith II:4A