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London, J.M. Dent, 1907. . First edition thus; 8vo (185 x 125 mm); 8 colour plates and illustrations by C.E. Brock, slight age-toning to paper, otherwise near-fine; full vellum by Cedric Chivers of Bath (gilt stamped on lower dentelle), the upper cover with a hand-painted scene of Scrooge walking in a snowy street within a wide decorative panel with small mother-of-pearl circular inlay, gilt borders and dots, the spine decorated in similar style with small circular mother-of-pearl inlay, top edge gilt, slight shelf-lean and mild toning to vellum, otherwise near-fine. Following a lecture by Cyril Davenport of the British Museum on the 18th-century painted vellum bindings of Edwards of Halifax, Chivers created his own 'Vellucent' bindings using established artists such as Jessie M. King, Alice Shepherd, and H. Granville Fell. In its prime the company experimented and specialised in highly skilled and beautiful bindings; this example being one of them.Chivers was born in Bath to a…

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.