DICKENS, Charles. A Christmas Carol In Prose Being A Ghost Story of Christmas. (1843 - FIRST EDITION SECOND ISSUE)

AUTHOR: DICKENS, Charles. 

TITLE: A Christmas Carol In Prose Being A Ghost Story of Christmas.

PUBLISHER: London: Chapman and Hall, 1843.

DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SECOND ISSUE. 1 vol., "Stave One" as the first chapter heading, title-page printed in red and blue, hand colored frontispiece & 3 plates by John Leech. Bound in the original mauve cloth, yellow pastedowns and endpapers, all edges gilt.

CONDITION: Internally clean and bright, a couple of signatures askew, inner hinges fine, front upper hinge just starting otherwise the outer hinges are fine, back corners relatively square without any loss of cloth, spine slightly sunned, mild general handling, no previous ownership markings, gift inscription, or bookplate, overall a VERY GOOD clean unsophisticated copy.