Author: Charles Dickens
Title: A Christmas Carol
Description: London, Chapman & Hall, 1843 . Cloth. The second edition of Charles Dickens's festive novella, illustrated by John Leech and in the publisher's original cloth binding. The scarce second edition of this iconic work.The first run of 6,000 copies sold out entirely between the 19th December and the 24th December, 1843, with second and third editions quickly being made available before the New Year.Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, and three further hand-coloured steel-engraved plates after John Leech. One plate is detached and loosely inserted. Collated, complete.With the contemporary inscription of Ann Brown, dated Jan. 1st 1844, to the front free endpaper.With two pages of advertisements to the rear.Retaining the original half title.Written by Dickens during a period when the British were re-evaluating past Christmas traditions, and introducing newer customs such as Christmas cards and Christmas trees. The novella captured the zeitgeist of the mid-Victorian revival of the Christmas holiday. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Fraying and small losses of cloth to back strip head and tail. Back strip age toned. Bumping and small losses of cloth to board perimeters. Horizontal line of abrasion to centre of front board. Hinges strained, and slightly tender. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, text block divided into two between pages 64 and 65, with two central gatherings of sixteen leaves working loose, and one plate detached and loosely inserted. Binding further tender between pages 128 and 129. Pages age toned, most concentrated to title page. Small closed tear to title page head. Spotting and handling marks throughout. Good Only . Ill.: John Leech. Good Only .

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