£350
Dickens (Charles) & Leech (John, illustrator), A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas., [?fourth-eleventh edition] (erased/defaced line), London: Chapman & Hall, 1844, 'STAVE ONE' on [1], discarded half-title, title-page printed in red and blue, pp: [2] (blank), [vi], 166, [2] (blank), illustrated with 3 (of 4) hand-coloured plates and 4 b/w in-text wood-engravings, "God bless my soul!" (page 69) contemporaneously excised in ink MS with a horizontal strike, rebacked mid-19th century marbled boards over calf, reinforced unissued but contemporaneous dark green endpapers, red-speckled edges, 12mo, [1]
Provenance: "Miss C.J. Clemow:~/With the kind regards of a/sincere & affectionate friend/7/5/55", dated ink MS presentation inscription to recto blank.
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