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

Creator:

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

Published/Created:

London :
Chapman & Hall,
1844 [i.e 1843]

Physical Description:

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

Notes:

"London: Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars"--T.p. verso.
Bookplate of William Menzies. Bookseller's label: G. Mann, bookseller, 39 Cornhill. Advertising matter: [2] p. at end not included in pagination.
First state of first ed. (cf. Gimbel) or trial issue (cf. Eckel): t.p. in green and red; green lining papers; "Stave I" on p. [1].
Plates hand-colored.
Published December, 1843.

Variant Titles:

Christmas carol

Topics:

Christmas stories

Topics:

Leech, John, 1817-1864
Menzies, William--Bookplate

Language:

English

Genre:

Booksellers' labels (Provenance)--G. Mann
Booksellers' labels (Provenance)--Reeve
Hand-colored illustrations
Publishers' advertisements--England--London--1843

Format:

Mixed Material

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Public

Call Number:

Gimbel/Dickens A79 2

Orbis Record:

4107234

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

15729167

Citation:

Podeschi, J.B. Dickens, A79, 1st-5th copies
Eckel, J.C. Dickens, p. 110-115
Gimbel, R. Earliest states of first eds. of Dickens' Christmas carol. (Princeton Univ. Lib. chronicle, v. 19, no. 2 (winter 1958))

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

15717948

PID:

digcoll:4030955