DICKENS, CHARLES. A Christmas Carol. Hand-colored etched frontispiece and three plates by John Leech, four wood engravings in the text by W.J. Linton. Half-title printed in blue, title-page printed in red and blue, verso printed in blue, 2 page publisher's advertisement at end, green coated endpapers. 8vo, original brown cloth, spine and front cover gilt-stamped, few stains and dimples to covers, spine ends rubbed with slightly frayed split running along front joint, all edges gilt; hinges cracked, front free endpaper (with short closed tear), half-title and frontispiece loose; bookplates of A. Edward Newton and John Hooper; in drop-back cloth case. Includes a laid-in card stating that this copy sold as part of the Newton Collection (April 18, 1941; Parke-Bernet, New York). London: Chapman & Hall, 1843