A Christmas Carol
New York: Carey & Hart, 1844.
First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth with covers decorated in blind and spine stamped in gilt, illustrated with four hand-colored lithograph plates and four uncolored. Near Fine. A beautiful copy, with cloth lightly rubbed with light wear at the corners and spine ends, faint water splash to top edge of front cover, ding across top edge. Previous owner name to title page and erased pencil to front end sheet, and occasional age spotting to pages. Quite a remarkable example of this classic Dickens novel, uncommon with the original cloth in such nice condition, and housed in a custom clamshell case. Item #180718001
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