English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations
English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations
From the Library of Christian Heuer
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July 9, 02:28 PM GMT
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7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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From the Library of Christian Heuer
DICKENS, CHARLES
A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. Chapman And Hall, 1843
12mo, FIRST EDITION, Todd's first impression, first issue, with 14-15mm. between closest points of blind-stamping and gold wreath of upper cover, the "D" of Dickens unbroken and the text uncorrected, engraved frontispiece and 3 plates coloured by hand, and 4 woodcuts in the text all by John Leech, half-title printed in blue, title-page printed in red and blue, "Stave I" on p.[1], 2pp. of publisher's advertisements at end, original cinnamon vertically-waved cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, green endpapers, all edges gilt, collector's cloth folding box, some browning, adhesive residue on front free endpaper, gilt on bottom edge lacking at a few points, boards slightly soiled, top of spine chipping, bumped
LITERATURE:
Smith II.4A
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