![]() In this copy the binding is also in the earliest form and with yellow-coated endpapers. This is only known copy of A Christmas Carol with the title-page printed in green and red inks and dated 1843. All other known copies of the green/red title-pages (acknowledged to be a pre-publication state) are dated 1844. of publisher’s advertisements at end, original cinnamon vertically-waved cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, cream endpapers, all edges gilt, collector’s brown cloth chemise and red morocco slipcase, occasional minor spotting, joints mended with some restoration to upper board, slipcase with small scratch marks to top corner between closest points of blind-stamping and gold wreath of upper cover, the "D" of "Dickens" unbroken and the text uncorrected, engraved frontispiece and 3 hand-coloured plates and 4 woodcuts in the text by John Leech, half-title printed in green, title-page printed in red and green, “Stave One” on p., 2pp. ![]() ![]() London: Chapman & Hall, 1843ġ2mo (162 x 99mm.), FIRST EDITION, Todd's first impression, first issue, with 14-15mm. ![]()
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