Lot 26 , Dickens, Charles - A Christmas Carol, SECOND edition, 8vo, Stave one on first page of text, frontispiece,

Dickens, Charles - A Christmas Carol, SECOND edition, 8vo, "Stave one" on first page of text, frontispiece, 3 hand coloured steel plates and 4 woodcuts by John Leech, original cloth, (faded), spine bumped, owners inscription to flyleaf, approx 1cm. triangular loss at bottom right of front flyleaf, joint split between title page and preface, Chapman and Hall, London 1843
Estimate £100-150

All pages appear to be present. The spine is warped, and some of the front pages are overlapping the front board. Some minor foxing and several other stains.


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Sold for £1,000