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London, Philadelphia: William Heinemann, J.P. Lippincott, 1915. Front cover and spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt, otyhers untrimmed. This copy is lacking the silk ties. Endpapers are moderately foxed. This edition is limited to 525 copies, this being #48, SIGNED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM on the limitation page. There are a total of twelve color illustrations by Rackham, including the frontispiece. They are tipped-onto heavy brown stock, each with a captioned protective tissue-guard. Collated complete. Additional illustrations in black and white serve a cvhapter head pieces and text illustrations. Widely-marginated. Occasional brown spotting in margins. Covers are very slightly splayed, not uncommon in the vellum bindings without ties. 147pp. Please see photos. Latimore and Haskell p.44 and Riall p.124.. Signed by Illustrator. Limited, Signed Edition. Full Vellum. Light Soiling./No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. Imperial Octavo.

A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens. It was first published by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a grumpy, greedy, and cold-hearted old miser who is transformed into a kind, generous man after visits by the ghost of his former business partner and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come.