A Christmas Carol

by Dickens, Charles [Hildebrandt, Greg]

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New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine/No Jacket as Issued.. 1983. First Thus. Cloth. 9-9/16" x 7-7/8" 0-671-45599-0 A Little Simon Book. 122 pp. green cloth with paste down color painting by Hildebrandt on front cover. Printing on front gover and red gilt with gold gilt decoration. Green colored endpapers. All edges gilt. Beautifully bound copy of this Christmas classic. One small bubble in a 3" line on back cover, apparently due to a binding error. Illustrated by the gold medal recipient from the Society of Illustrators. Hildebrandt is a fantasy illustratory who did the "Star Wars" poster. There is a letter and facsimile signature from the illustrator. .

Book summary

A CHRISTMAS CAROL is Dickens's tender and comic tale of the Cratchit family, Tiny Tim, and Ebenezer Scrooge--a favorite ever since it was written, in 1843. Badly in need of money, Dickens produced A CHRISTMAS CAROL in six weeks; the first printing of 6,000 copies sold out instantly. In Dickens's original version, Tiny Tim was Tiny Fred, and Scrooge said "Bah!" but not "Humbug!"