SOLD FOR $3,009.
A Christmas Carol
By Charles Dickens
1843. [the first issue, FINE]. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. With Illustrations by John Leech. Publisher: London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. 2 pp undated ads. Original rose-brown cloth decorated in gilt, with yellow end pages which has been ultimately considered to indicate the first state, first edition. Cracking and minor losses to upper spine, and very minor foxing to title page and throughout otherwise a good tight copy. Dickens’s classic ghost story of Ebenezer Scrooge. Dickens wrote this in less than a month, motivated by financial need; he published it himself, with everyone else associated with the book working on a cost-plus basis. Though he wanted to produce a handsome gift volume (with colored plates, colored title page and all edges gilt), the expense of hand-colored plates cut considerably into his profits; as a result, this was his first and last book to include colored plates.
Suggested Estimate $3000-$5000
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