A Christmas Carol

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Artist/Maker	Chapman & Hall (publisher) Charles Dickens (author)
Place of origin	London (printed and published)

First edition.
[8], 166, [2] p., [4] leaves of plates
Presentation inscription by the author on the half-title page: 'John Forster, from his affectionate friend, Charles Dickens, eighteenth December 1843'.

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Categories	Books Literature Christmas
Object type	Book
Title	A Christmas Carol (published title)
Materials and techniques	Paper Ink Printing Writing
Brief description	Book, A Christmas Carol in prose. A Ghost Story of Christmas, by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by John Leech, London, Chapman and Hall, 1843.
Physical description	First edition. [8], 166, [2] p., [4] leaves of plates Presentation inscription by the author on the half-title page: 'John Forster, from his affectionate friend, Charles Dickens, eighteenth December 1843'.
Dimensions	Height: 17cm
Production type	Mass produced
Object history	Donated by John Forster in 1876.
Bibliographic references	XIX century fiction: a bibliographical record based on his own collection, by Michael Sadleir, London: Constable; Berkeley: University of California Press, 1951. no. 684. A Catalogue of the VanderPoel Collection at the University of Texas, by Lucile Carr, Austin, University of Texas, 1968. no. B356. Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, 1700-1974, by Robert Reginald, Gale, 1979. no. 04327. Dickens and Dickensiana: A Catalogue of the Richard Gimbel Collection in the Yale University Library, by John B. Podeschi, New Haven, Yale University Library, 1980. no. A79.
Other numbers	Forster 48.A.10 - NAL Pressmark 38041800743205 - NAL barcode Forster MS 170 - Previous National Art Library accession number
Collection	National Art Library
Library number	Forster 2416

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Record created	December 22, 2021
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1681222/a-christmas-carol-book-charles-dickens/

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