Small 8vo. Preliminary advertisement leaf, engraved frontispiece and additional title after D. Maclise, 11 wood-engravings after R. Doyle, J. Leech, and C. Stanfield. Publisher's red cloth gilt, edges gilt. First edition, first state of the additional title with publisher's name inside the engraved border. Dickens' second Christmas book, written in Genoa, Italy, and published 16 December, 1844. Eckel pp. 116-118; Gimbel 86; Smith II, 5. Ends of spine lightly rolled, front board starting; otherwise a fine copy with the binding tight and  gilt fresh and bright. Previous owner inscription on front endpaper dated 1890.