A Christmas carol in prose : being a ghost story of Christmas / by Charles Dickens ; with illustrations by John Leech.

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Title: A Christmas carol in prose : being a ghost story of Christmas / by Charles Dickens ; with illustrations by John Leech.
Alternative Title: Christmas carol
Creator: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Contributor: Leech, John, 1817-1864
Souther, Ellen Jane--Autograph
Published / Created: 1843
Publication Place: London :
Publisher: Chapman & Hall,
Description: "London: Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars"--T.p. verso.
Inscribed: Ellen Jane Souther. Advertising matter: [2] p. at end not included in pagination.
Second state of first edition (cf. Gimbel) or second issue (cf. Eckel): t.p. in blue and red; yellow lining papers; "Stave I" on p. [1].
Extent: 166 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 17 cm.
Language: English

Format: mixed material
Genre: Booksellers' labels (Provenance)--George Max
Hand-colored illustrations
Publishers' advertisements--England--London--1843
Subject (Name): Leech, John, 1817-1864
Souther, Ellen Jane--Autograph
Subject (Topic): Christmas stories

Access: Public
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Citation: Eckel, J.C. Dickens, p. 110-115
Gimbel, R. Earliest states of first eds. of Dickens' Christmas carol. (Princeton Univ. Lib. chronicle, v. 19, no. 2 (winter 1958))
Podeschi, J.B. Dickens, A79, 15th-21st copies