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Description:
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) Christmas Carol, First Edition. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. 12mo, first issue, with "D" of Dickens unbroken in the gold tooling, with "Stave I" on first page of text, illustrated by John Leech with three colored plates, four text woodcuts, with pale green clay-coated endpapers, contemporary gift inscription dated 1843 on ffep; spot on fore-edge, binding shaken, spine panel detached, binding somewhat shifted, 6 1/2 x 4 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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