£5,500
DICKENS (Charles) A Christmas Carol, 12mo, 4 plates & 4 text illustrations, half-title in blue, title imprint verso in blue, "Stave I" uncorrected, pale green end papers, 1f. adverts, original cloth (cocked, loss to head & foot of spine; half-title loose, etc.), a.e.g., FIRST EDITION, VERY EARLY ISSUE, L., Chapman and Hall, 1843; & a later issue (yellow e.p.'s, Stave I corrected to Stave One) (2).
NOTE: THE SECOND BOOK, THE LATER ISSUE HAS THREE PLATES ONLY (AS OFTEN)
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