Lot 97 · Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs
A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, Chapman and Hall, 1843
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- Estimate
- £2,500–£3,000 hammer ≈ $4,236–$5,083
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs, London, Knightsbridge · 18 June 2014
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1995172
- Record
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Dickens, A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, Chapman and Hall, 1843. Bonhams, 18 Jun 2014, lot 97. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1995172.
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Dickens, A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, Chapman and Hall, 1843. Bonhams, 18 Jun 2014, lot 97. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1995172.
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