A Christmas carol in prose : being a ghost story of Christmas / by Charles Dickens.

Presentation inscription on front flyleaf in the hand of Marie Dickens to Mr. Sims Williams (probably Frederick Sims Williams, a contemporary of Henry Fielding Dickens and his colleague at the bar), signed by Henry Fielding Dickens, Olive Dickens, Marie Dickens, and Bobby Dickens: Mr. Sims William / "God bless us every one" / from [signed] Henry F. Dickens / Maries Dickens / Olive Dickens / Bobby Dickens / Xmas 07; text marked on every page by Monica Dickens in pencil and red pen to prepare two readings of differing durations, with the penciled changes producing a reading of 15 minutes and those in red ink a reading of 30 minutes; Monica Dickens's annotations include extensive cuts, revisions, comments and bridging passages, with additions to the text occasionally interpolated and written onto scraps of paper in her hand and paper-clipped to the head of the pages effected in order to facilitate transitions across substantial passages of cut text.