Description:
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) A Christmas Carol. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843.
First edition, first issue, with "Stave I" on the first page of text, illustrated with four full page hand-colored illustrations and four text vignettes by John Leech; lacking half-title; with green endleaves, bound in publisher's terracotta ribbed cloth, stamped in gold on front board and spine, with blind tooled borders to both boards, a.e.g.; the binding slightly cocked, with some discoloration to boards, scribble inside back board, thumbing to text leaves, contemporary signature of Augustus Jocelyn to title; ex libris Adelaide Livingstone, with her bookplate by Rex Whistler pasted inside the front board, in a custom red half calf case, 6 1/2 x 4 in.
Estimate $2,000-2,500
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Keywords
John Leech, Adelaide Livingstone, Augustus Jocelyn, Rex Whistler, LondonJohn Dorfman
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