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 after Leech. Half-title printed in blue, title-page printed in red and blue, verso printed in blue, 2 page publisher's advertisement at end, yellow coated endpapers. 8vo, original vertically-ribbed brown cloth, all edges gilt, spine and front cover gilt-stamped, mottling to spine and covers, rear board also with a few small stains, slight lean; plate facing p. 78 ("Scrooge's third Visitor") with small puncture to upper blank margin, small booklabel to rear pastedown; slipcased. Second edition, with "Stave One" as the first chapter heading, and balance of text uncorrected. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843