A Christmas Carol

Lot 114
16.10.2025 10:00UTC +01:00
Classic
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1472037
Lot 114 | A Christmas Carol
Estimate value
$ 5 000 – 7 000
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843.

A lovely copy of the first edition, first issue, of the world's most famous Christmas story, finely bound by Riviere. With "Stave 1" and title-page printed in red and blue and dated 1843. Arguably the most widely read and cherished of Dickens's works. Eckel, p. 110; Smith II.4.

Octavo (160 x 100mm). Half-title; complete with four hand-colored etchings, including frontispiece; 2 pp. ads at rear. Modern red full morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers (slight fading to spine).
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