Research Catalog

Title

A Christmas carol, in prose : being a ghost story of Christmas / by Charles Dickens ; with illustrations by John Leech.

Author

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Publication

London : Chapman & Hall, 1843

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Details

Additional Authors

• Leech, John, 1817-1864
• Linton, Henry Duff, 1815-1899
• Francis Minot Weld Collection. Rare Books copy 2

Description

[7], 166, [2] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.); 17 cm.

Note

• Published Dec. 19, 1843. Cf. Glancy.
• First issue; state with half title printed in blue, t.p. printed in red and blue, date "1843" on t.p., "Stave I" on p. [1] (2nd group) and green endpapers. Conforms to Podeschi's 6th-12th copies, described as "probably ... the third state of the first issue." Copy described by Sadleir has yellow endpapers. For discussion, cf. Glancy, p. 10-16.
• Illustrations: 4 prints : etching, hand-col. ; full-page. Designed and etched by John Leech. -- 4 prints : wood engraving ; image 10 x 7 cm. or smaller. Engraved by J.J. Linton, after Leech.
• "Works of Mr. Charles Dickens": p. [167-168].

Indexed In (note)

• Sadleir, M. 19th cent. fiction
• Carr, C. VanderPoel Dickens
• Podeschi, J.B. Dickens
• Eckel, J.C. First editions of Dickens
• Glancy, R.F. Dickens's Christmas books

Provenance (note)

• F. Levien, W.A. White (autographs).
• Jerome Kern (bookplate inside portfolio).
• Charles Dickens (bookplate on front pastedown).

Binding (note)

• Binding: Publisher's reddish brown cloth, stamped in gilt and in blind. All edges gilt.
• Rebound; original brown cloth front and back covers and spine bound in at end. Francis Minot Weld Coll., 1950.

Call Number

*KL (Dickens, C. Christmas carol)

LCCN

47033462

OCLC

• 01208788
• NYPGR1208788-B

Author

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Title

A Christmas carol, in prose : being a ghost story of Christmas / by Charles Dickens ; with illustrations by John Leech.

Imprint

London : Chapman & Hall, 1843 (London : Bradbury and Evans)

Indexed In:

Sadleir, M. 19th cent. fiction, I, p. 104, no. 684

Carr, C. VanderPoel Dickens, B356

Podeschi, J.B. Dickens, A79

Eckel, J.C. First editions of Dickens, p. 116-124

Glancy, R.F. Dickens's Christmas books, 51

Binding

Binding: Publisher's reddish brown cloth, stamped in gilt and in blind. All edges gilt.

Rare Books copy 2: Rebound; original brown cloth front and back covers and spine bound in at end. Francis Minot Weld Coll., 1950.

Provenance

Rare Books copy 1: F. Levien, W.A. White (autographs).

Arents BIP (Dickens, C. Christmas 1843) 99-239: Jerome Kern (bookplate inside portfolio).

Arents BIP (Dickens, C. Christmas 1843) 99-244: Charles Dickens (bookplate on front pastedown).

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Added Author

Leech, John, 1817-1864, artist, etcher.

Linton, Henry Duff, 1815-1899, wood engraver.

Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945, former owner. Arents BIP (Dickens, C. Christmas 1843) 99-239

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, former owner. Arents BIP (Dickens, C. Christmas 1843) 99-244

Francis Minot Weld Collection. Rare Books copy 2

Research Call Number

*KL (Dickens, C. Christmas carol)

Arents BIP (Dickens, C. Christmas 1843) 99-239

Arents BIP (Dickens, C. Christmas 1843) 99-244