East Aurora: The Roycroft Shop. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1902. First Thus. Hardcover. East Aurora: The Roycroft Shop, 1902. Regular Edition. 8.75 x 5 7/8 in. [4],[1]-141,[1]pp. Frontispiece portrait of Dickens. Publisher's ¾ vellum and wood-veneer, top edges gilt, title in gilt with gilt frame on spine. Fine condition, boards slightly bowed. Text including title page printed in red and black. Headbands and tail-pieces designed by Samuel Warner. McKenna 75 calls this the "Regular Edition", and mentions that there were variations in the binding including "3/4 leather", full vellum with cloth ties, and paper over boards with suede spine and corners. No mention is made of wood veneer.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 142 pages .

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Bookseller: Dale A. Sorenson (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 12046
Title: A Christmas Carol In Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Yule-Tide.
Author: Dickens, Charles
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine with No dust jacket as issued
Edition: First Thus
Publisher: The Roycroft Shop
Place of Publication: East Aurora
Date Published: 1902
Keywords: Roycroft, Fine Press, Fine Printing, Fine Binding

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