A Christmas Carol with Illustrations by John Leech

Charles Dickens, 'A Christmas Carol in Prose being a Ghost story of Christmas.', with illustrations by John leech, [London; Chapman & Hall, 1843], 3rd edition, 166pp + 2 adverts.;, contemporary cloth binding with gilt title to upper board. 'Stave One' as the first chapter heading, title-page printed in red and blue, frontispiece & 3 plates by John leech hand coloured. This was the last edition published in the same year as the original issue, which was done on Christmas eve. According to John Eckel, 'A Christmas Carol' was first published on December 19th, 1843 and sold 6,000 copies on the first day. Before the end of the year, eleven days later, it was in the third edition, with the combined number of copies of the second and third editions being estimated at only two to three thousand copies.