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Chapman & Hall 1843. (1st.ed., 3rd issue). Small 8vo, In the original brown gilt stamped vertically ribbed cloth. Front cover and spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. Original yellow colored endpapers. In generally good condition. Un-restored condition. Some rubbing to edge. Corners bumped, cloth slightly coming away. A little chipped at ends of spine with minor loss. Inside hinges a little tender, with a few faint marks on endpapers. A few faint marks on frontis, title page and lower edge page 8. Slight lean. Else generally clean. Four hand colored steel engraved plates by Leech and four wood engraved text illustrations by W.J. Linton. [8], 166pp, advertisements [2]. FIRST EDITION THIRD ISSUE, Issue points title-page printed in blue and red; half-title and title-page verso printed in blue; yellow endpapers; text uncorrected except for "Stave One" on p. [1] (all corresponding to Eckel's third issue) Dicken's classic tale, which met with…

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.