A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Dickens, Charles - 1843

London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First edition, second issue [ with "Stave One", red and blue title- page, yellow end papers]. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First edition, second issue [ with "Stave One", red and blue title- page, yellow end papers]. With four hand-colored engravings and four black and white woodcuts after John Leech. [i-viii], [1]2-166, [2, ads] pp. Hardcover. 8vo. PublisherÕs reddish-brown blind- and gilt-stamped , ribbed cloth. All edges gilt. Covers quite worn, cocked, inner hinges crackedThe covers are now more brown than red, lightly cocked, there is bubbling of the cloth along a one-inch band down the front fore-edge of front cover, endpapers cracked at gutters, very little, scattered foxing. Over all, a better than average copy of a fragile book. Very good-/No dust jacket. (Insurance required to ship this item).