As much a part of the holiday season as holly, mistletoe, and evergreen wreaths, this perennial favourite continues to delight and rekindle thoughts of charity and goodwill. A Christmas Carol has long since become one of the most beloved in the English language. In October 1843, Charles Dickens, heavily in debt and obligated to his publisher, began work to help his family's meagre income. Text, font, and imagery follow after the original design and lay-out. Back panel features charming brief bio of Rackham with photograph of the artist at work w/similar borders and decoration. Unusual jacket colors in orange, mauve, blues, and yellows. Front dust wrapper features a Christmas party scene with Rackham plate: "The way he went after that plump sister in the lace tucker!" surrounded by decorative borders and silhouettes of other characters. Scarce dust wrapper, moderate shelf wear, toning clipped, protected in new clear sleeve. One dozen, superior, richly subtle color plates by the ever enchanting artist Arthur Rackham and eighteen black & white images as decoration, headers, tailpieces throughout. Thick heavy stock leaves very good, no writing small area of discoloration at front blank endpaper. Maroon full cloth boards, silver embossed cover design and titles, moderate shelf wear, bow. Stated First Published 1912 nineteenth printing, 1974.
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