Description: This listing is for a very early printing of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, dated 1846, just 3 years after the first printing. The book also includes "The Chimes" and "The Cricket in the Hearth." It measures 4.5 x 6.5 inches and contains 120 pages. Fine binding is marbled paper litho over boards with leather spine and corners, gilt titles, and a chromatograph frontispiece by John Leech. This 177 year old book is in excellent condition overall. The covers shows moderate wear to the hinges and corners. Pages are clean with toning around the periphery. Binding is tight. The frontispiece tissue paper is intact. A lovely and very early Charles Dicken's Christmas book! On consignment from a lifelong Christmas collector. Please CLICK HERE for more vintage Christmas books Thanks for looking! Powered by WonderLister Desktop App
Price: 1499.99 USD
Location: Upstate, New York
End Time: 2025-01-07T16:33:41.000Z
Shipping Cost: 19.8 USD
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Author: Charles Dickens
Topic: Christmas
Subject: Scrooge
Year Printed: 1846
Original/Facsimile: Original