A Christmas Carol, Published.

A Christmas Carol is a novella written by Charles Dicken with illustrations by John Leech and published by Chapman & Hall. It is a ghost story set at Christmas. The novella contains 8 illustrations that are either wood or steel engravings which are all coloured by hand. Although Dickens had not planned on writing a Christmas Carol until six weeks before it's publication, it went on to be his most successful work, selling 6000 copies in it's original run. The character Tiny Tim was inspired by Dickens disabled nephew. The first edition is bound in red cloth with gilt design on the front board and spine. 

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19 Dec 1843