CHARLES DICKENS; ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM,.
A Christmas Carol.
Dickens' A Christmas Carol; Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
London: William Heinemann, 1971.
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Item Number: RRB-120822
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Finely bound example of Dickens' classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
A Christmas Carol "may readily be called the Bible of Christmas It was issued about ten days before Christmas, 1843, and 6000 copies were sold on the first day"(Eckel, 110). "It was a work written at the height of Dickens’ great powers, which would add to his considerable fame, bring a new work to the English language, increase the festivities at Christmastime, and contain his most eloquent protest at the condition of the poor" (John Mortimer). "Suddenly conceived and written within a few weeks, [A Christmas Carol] was the first of Dickens’ Christmas books (a new literary genre thus created incidentally) it was an extraordinary achievement—the one great Christmas myth of modern literature."
A Christmas Carol.
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