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San Francisco, California: The Arion Press, 1993. Limited Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Limited edition, signed by the artist Ida Applebroog on the colophon #120 of 200. Bound in original green cloth, color pictorial cover label, gilt-lettered red paper spine label, green cloth slipcase with red paper over covers and paper spine label. Former owner's bookplate at front pastedown else Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with sunning to boards. A beautiful Arion Press edition of this Christmas classic with intriguing illustrations by contemporary artist Ida Applebroog. Applebroog's signature cartoon-like versions of iconic scenes are immediately recognizable without context. Designed under the direction of Andrew Hoyem at the Arion Press.

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.