Dickens (Charles) A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, first edition, first impression, first issue with "Stave I" heading to first chapter and text entirely in uncorrected state, half-title in blue, title printed in red and blue, 4 hand-coloured etched plates by & after Leech and 4 plain woodcut vignettes by Linton after Leech, light browning and offsetting to plates, scattered foxing and finger-soiling, ink inscription to head of title, green endpapers (with light discolouration), ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, original first issue brown fine-ribbed cloth, with unbroken 'D' within wreath and minimum 14mm gap between left blind border and gilt cartouche, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, g.e., shelf-lean, spine a little darkened, chipping to spine ends, corners a little bumped and frayed, light spotting and markings to covers, discolouration to head of upper cover, [Eckel pp.110-115; Smith II, 4; William B. Todd, in The Book Collector, Winter 1961, pp.449-454], 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1843.