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Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. William Heinemann, London, 1915.
Price: US$88.32 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Lacks spine, rubbing to cover corners, text block square & complete, plates clean, light age spotting elsewhere, later bookplate with ink gift inscription attached inside front cover, a restoration/rebinding copy.
Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United Kingdom
Price: US$230.56 + shipping
Description: First trade edition. 8vo. x, (ii), 147, (1) pp. Publisher's purple cloth, gilt lettered and decorated to the upper cover, illustrated endpapers, top edge purple. 12 coloured plates with printed tissues, 20 black and white illustrations in the text. Spine faded to brown and worn with a small closed split to the upper joint, a little light spotting to the front and rear leaves and the fore edge, else a decent copy.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. William Heinemann, 1915.
Price: US$411.10 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cover shows signs of usage. Pages somewhat stained. Complete with illustrations by Arthur Rackham. With dedication in front. Otherwise, in good condition
Seller: Antiquariaat Hovingh, Haarlem, Netherlands
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Rackham illustrated edition, royal 8vo (8 x 6 inches), pp. xi, (1), (1-2), 3-147, (1), 12 color plates with printed guards and 20 b/w illustrations after paintings and drawings by Arthur Rackham. Original pictorial green cloth. Near fine clean bright copy. Sheets and plates clean, unmarked, complete. No owner names or inscriptions. H10683 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$599.44 + shipping
Description: Hardback. Size approx 8 x 6 inches. In purple cloth covers with gilt lettering and illustrated decoration to spine and front cover. WITH RARE ORIGINAL DUSTWRAPPER. Top edges coloured. Illustrated endpapers. In very good condition in good wrapper (DW A lightly rubbed on edges, a few chips top edge with slight loss.) Bright boards. Spine & Gilt lettering lightly faded. Some slight darkening/light foxing to pages. Frontis very slightly crinkled inner edge. Else pages generally clean and tight throughout. 147pp; 12 colour plates and many b&w illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Scarce in dustwrappers.
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. William Heinemann / J.B. Lippincott, 1915.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Scarce dust jacket, but missing bits around spine.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$605.00 + shipping
Description: Early issue of the holiday classic with Arthur Rackham's illustrations. With 12 haunting colour plates, illustrated endpapers, 18 black and white illustrations and line drawings by Arthur Rackham. The colourplates with tissue-guards captioned in dark red/brown. 8vo, publishers original red cloth lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt on the upper cover with a ringing Christmas bell motif and on the spine in gilt in a holly and berry motif. xi, 147 pp. A nice copy with minor mellowing to the decoration and lettering, some luster gone from the cloth at the edges, the binding is strong with sharp corners, the text very clean and fresh, the plates in wonderful condition. SCARCE EARLY ISSUE IN PLEASING CONDITION. A shining example of what you get when a true masterpiece of literature is complemented by one of the worlds greatest book illustrators. An inspiring combination. Dickens writes of A Christmas Carol in his preface: "I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book to raise the Ghost of an Idea which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their house pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it." Surely, the author would be pleased with the perennial delight his little Christmas tale has stirred in the hearts and imaginations of generations of readers. Originally, Rackhams illustrated edition of Dickens classic was published during the war years (1915) and was quite well received. The artist successfully incorporated the Phiz and Cruikshank styles into his own to create striking renditions of Victorian London with ample room to uniquely evoke ghostly fantasy images as well. His almost characterized depiction of Scrooge, features chiseled and grotesque, are as bone-chilling as his fantastic entourages of moaning ghouls. The muted, shadowed atmospheric tones so characteristically Rackham, support Dickens eerie tale wonderfully. Some examples of Rackhams emerging special talent for silhouette are also included.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. William Heinemann, London, 1915.
Price: US$666.05 + shipping
Description: Hard Back First Edition Thus. Beautifully bound in full blue cloth with gilt illustration and titles to the front and spine. In overall good condition with the gilt and the cloth to the front still clean and the corners still fairly sharp. The spine and rear board are slightly sunned although in good condition, the rear board to the extremities and the gilt to the spine lightly dulled. Slight foxing to the fore edge. Internally the binding is tight. Pictorial endpapers with postage stamp to the front free endpaper. Pages are clean throughout despite the occasional spot of foxing. Beautifully illustrated with 12 full page colour plates and several in black and white by the renown illustrator Arthur Rackham. pp xi 147. Overall a lovely copy of this Christmas Classic.nbsp;
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915.
Price: US$903.66 + shipping
Description: Hardback. Physically 8¼" x 6" (1 kg); (x) 146pp; Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; Includes: Colour plates (under tissue guards); Colour frontispiece (tissue-guarded); Chapter headpieces; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #187489|| Condition: Very Good. Heavily faded at the spine. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Text complete, clean and tight but with a little age-tanning to the lining papers.
Seller: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, BATH, United Kingdom
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American printing; undated. Scarce sharp first edition. Stated verso title page: "Printed in Great Britain". Dark violet full-cloth boards, gilt embossed cover and spine design, titles, light shelf wear, rub. Cover depicts whimsical mischievous elves hanging from bells with holly decoration at spine, both in bright gilt. Dark violet top-stain. Thick heavy stock leaves, near fine. Stylish antiquarian inscription in very neat fountain pen at half-title page: "Antoinette & Elector Gallup, Christmas 1915." Illustrated endpapers of the greedy Scrooge and ebullient transformed character. Includes eight full-colour plates and four additional rarities not seen elsewhere by the ever enchanting artist, Arthur Rackham, each with fine captioned tissue guard in violet. Several b&w illustrations, decorative headers and tailpieces throughout. Bind fine, light cant; hinges intact. Near fine, beautiful book craftsmanship. In October 1843, Charles Dickens, heavily in debt and obligated to his publisher, began work to help his family's meagre income. A Christmas Carol has long since become one of the most beloved in the English language. 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. With its characters exhibiting many qualities often ascribed to Dickens himself, the imaginative and entertaining tale relates Ebenezer Scrooge's eerie encounters with spectral visitors. Journeying through Christmases past, present, and future, he is ultimately transformed from an arrogant, obstinate, and insensitive miser to a generous, warm-hearted, and caring human being. Written by one of England's greatest and most popular novelists, A Christmas Carol has come to epitomize the true meaning of Christmas. From preface: I've endeavoured in this Ghostly little book to raise the Ghost of an Idea which shall not put my readers out of humour w/themselves, the season, or me. May it haunt their house pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it. - C. D." Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay and Sons, Limited, Brunswick Street, Stamford Street, S. E., and Bungay, Suffolk. 147 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$3727.28 + shipping
Description: Legatura editoriale in piena pergamena con titoli e impressioni in oro al ds. e al piatto anteriore (minime tracce di polvere). Laccio di chiusura assente. Dedica ms. datata 16 maggio 1944 sulla carta d occhietto. Un piccolo strappo al margine della carta di guardia anteriore, ma esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione. Edizione di lusso in tiratura limitata e numerata firmata da Arthur Rackham. La ns. copia è la n. 424 di 525 (di cui 500 destinate alla vendita in Gran Bretagna, Irlanda e nelle Colonie e le altre 25 fuori commercio). Hudson, p. 169. 8vo (cm. 29), XVI-147(1) pp. con 12 tavv. a colori f.t. applicate su cartoncino rigido e protette da velina parlante (di cui un in antiporta) e 20 ill.ni in nero n.t. Frontespizio stampato in rosso e nero.
Seller: Libreria Ex Libris ALAI-ILAB/LILA member, Roma, Italy
Price: US$4135.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to. original decorated full vellum gilt, teg, rest uncut (some toning and spotting, lacks silk ties, tiny chip at headcap, else clean & bright throughout); pp. xvi (last blank)], 148 (last colophon), with frontispiece and 11 other colour tipped-in plates (tissue-guarded) + black and white drawings in text. No. 369 of a limited edition of 525 copies signed by the artist. 'Arthur Rackham'. A very good copy.
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Price: US$5650.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Beautifully signed and numbered at limitation page by Arthur Rackham: "This Edition is limited to five hundred and twenty-five copies, of which five hundred, numbered 1-500, are for Great Britain, Ireland and Colonies; and twenty-five, numbered 501-525, are for presentation. This is No. '363, Arthur Rackham.'" Very attractive signature and numbering in what appears to be variety of fountain pen. Publisher and year at copyright: "London: William Heinemann, 1915." Large 9 1/4" x 11 1/2" design. Cream vellum (leather) boards, gilt impressed cover design and titles, moderate shelf wear, rub, discoloration; some bow which is common with these limited editions in vellum. Cover depicts whimsical mischievous elves hanging from bells among titles and decoration; gilt spine titles and holly vignette with Heinemann at heel. Illustrated endpapers of the greedy Scrooge and ebullient transformed character. Thick heavy stock rough-cut deckled pages generally very good with attractive toning. Varying fox inside covers and at front, back few leaves. Fine illustration plates mounted on dark greenish-brown heavy stock matte leaves with borders. Includes eight full-colour plates and four additional rarities seldomly seen elsewhere by the ever enchanting artist, Arthur Rackham. Each with crisp tissue guards captioned in red. Eighteen b&w illustrations, couple of which are two-page spreads, decorative headers, vignettes, and tail pieces throughout. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Remnants of original gold ribbon set in back cover. Scarce near very good signed deluxe issue of the classic Dickens' tale. In October 1843, Charles Dickens, heavily in debt and obligated to his publisher, began work to help his family's meagre income. A Christmas Carol has long since become one of the most beloved in the English language. 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. With its characters exhibiting many qualities often ascribed to Dickens himself, the imaginative and entertaining tale relates Ebenezer Scrooge's eerie encounters with spectral visitors. Journeying through Christmases past, present, and future, he is ultimately transformed from an arrogant, obstinate, and insensitive miser to a generous, warm-hearted, and caring human being. Written by one of England's greatest and most popular novelists, A Christmas Carol has come to epitomize the true meaning of Christmas. From preface: "I've endeavoured in this Ghostly little book to raise the Ghost of an Idea which shall not put my readers out of humour w/themselves, the season, or me. May it haunt their house pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it." - C. D. Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay and Sons, Limited, Brunswick Street, Stamford Street, S.E. Bungay, Suffolk. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 147 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. William Heinemann, London, 1915.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Description: Rackham, Arthur. First edition, Deluxe Issue, one of 525 copies signed by Rackham. 12 full page mounted illustrations in color and 20 drawings in black and white by Arthur Rackham. 4to. Fine Dickens Christmas Carol Illustrated by Rackham. Notes Hudson: "[Rackham] is not usually remembered as an illustrator of Dickens, but A Christmas Carol was decidedly successful, for he contrived to adapt the tradition of 'Phiz' and Cruikshank to his own characteristic style in the pictures of Victorian London and at the same time found scope for his fantasy in the ghost scenes. We also find him here developing his special talent for silhouette, rare among illustrators.He was well qualified by sympathy to interpret Dickens in certain of his moods." Latimore and Haskell p. 44; Riall, p. 124; Hudson p. 106 Original full gilt-decorated vellum, t.e.g. Silk ties renewed. Housed in custom vellum backed box with chemise 12 full page mounted illustrations in color and 20 drawings in black and white by Arthur Rackham. 4to First edition, Deluxe Issue, one of 525 copies signed by Rackham.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Rackham, Arthur (Charles Dickens). A Christmas Carol. William Heinemann & J.B. Lippincott, 1915.
Price: US$9000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, SIGNED by Arthur Rackham. This Limited Edition of 525 copies printed is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's vellum cloth with the 12 tipped in color plates present. A beautiful copy. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the spine and edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a wonderful copy SIGNED by Rackham. We buy SIGNED Rackham First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.