Lot 119 , Dickens, Charles - A Christmas Carol ... Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, hand coloured engraved frontis, 3 other coloured plates and

Dickens, Charles - A Christmas Carol ... Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, hand coloured engraved frontis, 3 other coloured plates and 4 text illustrations (by John Leech), prelims and text printed within red ruled borders, (7), 166pp and advert leaf (for the Illustrated Library Edition), publisher's blind decorated and ruled red cloth, gilt decorated and lettered on spine and upper board, gilt edges and yellow endpapers, sm.cr. 8vo (ca.1875)
Estimate £160-180

Spine faded and some wear head and tail, slight corner wear, front inner hinge cracked and back one weak, title and preface loose, also 2 plates and pp.79/80, the birth centenary commemorative stamp on front free endpaper.


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Sold for £180