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Auction archive: Lot number 8

Dickens, Charles | An extraordinary presentation copy of the author's best-loved book

Estimate
US$200,000 - US$300,000
Price realised:
US$228,000
Auction archive: Lot number 8

Dickens, Charles | An extraordinary presentation copy of the author's best-loved book

Estimate
US$200,000 - US$300,000
Price realised:
US$228,000
Beschreibung:

Dickens, CharlesA Christmas Carol. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843
8vo (206 x 103 mm). Title-page printed in red and blue with wood-engraved holly vignette, half-title printed in blue, handcolored etched frontispiece and three handcolored plates after John Leech four wood-engraved text illustrations after Leech by W. J. Linton, integral leaf of publisher’s ads at end. Publisher’s cinnamon-brown rib-grain cloth, covers blocked in blind with decorative holly and ivy border, front cover and spine gilt including author and title within a holly wreath, yellow-coated endpapers, all edges gilt; spine very slightly faded, corners a bit rubbed and ever so slightly bumped. House in green morocco pull-off case.

Auction archive: Lot number 8
Auction:
Datum:
26 Jun 2024
Auction house:
Sotheby's
34-35 New Bond St.
London, W1A 2AA
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7293 5000
+44 (0)20 7293 5989
Beschreibung:

Dickens, CharlesA Christmas Carol. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843
8vo (206 x 103 mm). Title-page printed in red and blue with wood-engraved holly vignette, half-title printed in blue, handcolored etched frontispiece and three handcolored plates after John Leech four wood-engraved text illustrations after Leech by W. J. Linton, integral leaf of publisher’s ads at end. Publisher’s cinnamon-brown rib-grain cloth, covers blocked in blind with decorative holly and ivy border, front cover and spine gilt including author and title within a holly wreath, yellow-coated endpapers, all edges gilt; spine very slightly faded, corners a bit rubbed and ever so slightly bumped. House in green morocco pull-off case.

Auction archive: Lot number 8
Auction:
Datum:
26 Jun 2024
Auction house:
Sotheby's
34-35 New Bond St.
London, W1A 2AA
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7293 5000
+44 (0)20 7293 5989
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