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London: Bradbury & Evans / Chapman & Hall. 1845-1846. First edition, early printings of the three volumes, all 12mo, various editions, A Christmas Carol: (1845, 11th edition, Chapman and Hall); The Chimes (1845, 7th edition, Chapman and Hall); The Cricket on the Hearth (1846, Bradbury and Evans18th edition), all rebound in half-leather with marbled boards (each volume individual pattern), spines decorated in gilt with raised bands and gilt titles, all edges marbled, new endpapers. Bound by Cottage Bindery of Bath, in custom slipcase. The Christmas Carol, in prose, being a Ghost Story of Christmas: Chapman and Hall, 1845. Eleventh edition. Two colour plates by John Leech, and three b&w engraved text illus, one of which has colour detail with repaired closed tear along inner edge, lacking fronts. plate 'Mr Fezziwig's Ball'. Title page printed in red and blue, halftitle in blue. The Cricket on the Hearth, a Fairy Tale of Home. Bradbury and Evans, 1846. Eighteenth Edition.…

A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens. It was first published by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a grumpy, greedy, and cold-hearted old miser who is transformed into a kind, generous man after visits by the ghost of his former business partner and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come.

One indication of the first edition of 'A Christmas Carol' is the presence of red and blue title page, a red cloth binding, and yellow endpapers. Additionally, on the verso of the title page, it should be dated 1843 and state 'London: Published for the Author by Chapman & Hall, 186 Strand.'