{"product_id":"rackham-dickens-christmas-carol-deluxe-1915-122776","title":"A Christmas Carol.","description":"The first deluxe edition of the Rackham-illustrated \u003cem\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/em\u003e by Charles Dickens. This lovely copy of the well-loved tale has been re-imagined with decorative artwork by the prolific illustrator Arthur Rackham. The magic of the drawings and story are contained in a beautiful gilt vellum binding from over a century ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst deluxe edition illustrated by Arthur Rackham, one of 525 copies signed by the artist, this being number 442; 4to (29.5 x 24 cm); tipped-in colour frontispiece \u0026amp; 11 plates by Arthur Rackham with additional black \u0026amp; white vignettes, title printed in black and red, captioned tissue-guards, neat ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, light offsetting and some light toning from brown paper plate-mounts to facing text leaves, foxing to final f. and endpapers, small mark to margin of p.4 with offsetting replicated to opposite p.5, small mark to top of p.53 with offsetting replicated to opposite p.52, small in mark to margin of p.52, the odd spot elsewhere, otherwise very good-plus; publisher's pictorial vellum, gilt, replacement ties, upper cover slightly bowed, light soiling or discolouration to spine, very light soiling to covers, very lightly rubbed, top edge gilt with occasional light mark, overall very good plus; [xvi], 147pp, [1]pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator); DICKENS, Charles.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57633381712247,"sku":"122776","price":5800.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/122776_01.jpg?v=1792688232","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/rackham-dickens-christmas-carol-deluxe-1915-122776","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}