A Christmas Carol
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Pictures courtesy of Dick Blacher. Comments courtesy of Paul Jackson.
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens, 1902
#27 of 100, Probable Kinder binding.
This book measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" and
has 141 pages. The body of the text is in Caslon and the regular suede edition
is printed in two colors on Boxmoor paper. 100 copies were printed on Japan
Vellum and bound 3/4 Levant. Other variants of the binding include full
vellum with cloth ties much like The Last Ride, paper over boards with
suede spine and corners and paper over boards. The book layout was by Charles
Rosen with presswork by Otto Franz. Samuel Warner designed the title page,
headbands and tailpieces.
This book was originally listed in the 1902 catalog
and sold for $15.00. It was listed again in the 1903 catalog for the same price.