Charles Dickens | A Christmas Carol. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843, first edition with autograph cheque

Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, SECOND STATE, WITH AUTOGRAPH CHEQUE SIGNED BY DICKENS (made out to "Mr Ring" for £13 1s. on 6 February 1865), 12mo (154 x 95mm.), red and blue title-page, 'Stave I' on p. 1, uncorrected text throughout, half-title, engraved frontispiece, 3 hand-coloured plates and 4 woodcuts in the text by John Leech, 2pp. advertisements at the end, rebound in dark green crushed morocco, sides gold-tooled, gilt edges, original green rear endpaper, original cloth upper cover and spine bound in at the end, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, light browning and spotting, tears to prelims, upper cover detached