Holiday 2020 Catalogue

F e a t u r e d I t e m s 6 Signed Limited A Christmas Carol , One Of 525 Copies Beautifully Illustrated And Signed By Arthur Rackham 3. (RACKHAM, Arthur) DICKENS, Charles. A Christmas Carol. London and Philadelphia, 1915. Large quarto, original full vellum gilt, custom clamshell box. $9000. Signed limited edition of the “Bible of Christmas,” one of only 525 copies signed by the illustrator, with 12 beautiful mounted color plates and 20 in-text line cuts by Rackham. “The Christmas gift-book proved an excellent market for Rackham. His sensitive and agile line earned him the appreciation of connoisseurs, while his care for the spirit of each text commended him alike to children and adults” (DNB). A Christmas Carol marks the first time Rackham illustrated Dickens’ work. With publisher’s 4-1/2 by 7-inch prospectus laid in. With renewed silk ties; later tissue guards laid in. Mild foxing to preliminaries; vellum clean, gilt bright. A lovely, about-fine copy.