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London: Elliot Stock, 1890. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Limited Edition of 500 unnumbered copies with introduction by F. G. Kitton (Frederic George Kitton 1856-1904) first thus. There is also an American Limited Edition of 250 numbered copies, signed by publisher. Slim 4to, viii + pp67 printed on one side, unpaginated. Hardcover issued without DJ. Publishers binding of grey cloth spine with gilt titles over dark grey paper covered boards with gilt titles to front board. Binding in good condition with some rubbing to spine and edges and some marking to boards. Inside front hinge starting but binding still tight and solid, a little foxing throughout with a little toning/aging to pages otherwise very good. A very scarce book indeed.

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.'