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London: Chapman & Hall, 1843 . Cloth. Good Only. 7" by 4.5". John Leech. The second edition of Charles Dickens's festive novella, illustrated by John Leech and in the publisher's original cloth binding. The scarce second edition of this iconic work.The first run of 6,000 copies sold out entirely between the 19th December and the 24th December, 1843, with second and third editions quickly being made available before the New Year.Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, and three further hand-coloured steel-engraved plates after John Leech. One plate is detached and loosely inserted. Collated, complete.With the contemporary inscription of Ann Brown, dated Jan. 1st 1844, to the front free endpaper.With two pages of advertisements to the rear.Retaining the original half title.Written by Dickens during a period when the British were re-evaluating past Christmas traditions, and introducing newer customs such as Christmas cards and Christmas trees. The novella captured the…

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.