I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school-boy. I am as giddy as a drunken man. A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world. Hallo here! Whoop! Hallo!
Here we offer a deluxe silk binding facsimile edition--actually a recent reprinting of the 1920 Atlantic Monthly Press facsimile--of the 1843 first edition of perhaps the most wonderful novel ever written, A Christmas Carol In Prose (Being a Ghost Story of Christmas,) which was published by Chapman and Hall, London. This facsimile is true to the original: blindstamped and gilted decorative silk cloth boards and spine; gilt page edges all the way around (to keep dust out;) stamped, gilted decorations on the cover and spine; and all the original, delightful engravings--4 in color and 4 in black and white. Comes in an attractive protective sleeve customized with a facsimile of the first and last pages of Dickens's handwritten manuscript, and also includes a laminated 5.75 x 8.5-inch map of "Dickens' London."Case customized, book is in newly bound condition. Measures approximately 6.75 x 4.5-inches. 166 pages, plus 2 pages of ads.
This classic, high-quality facsimile will make a wonderful addition to your Christmas celebrations or a very special and thoughtful gift.
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