A Christmas Carol
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, (1914).
Price: $200.00
Hardcover. First edition, thus. Color illustrations by A.I. Keller. Octavo. 130pp. Bound in navy gilt boards. Small rub spot on rear board and spine ends a touch bumped, near fine in very good dust jacket with the spine toned, edges with moderate wear and spot of offsetting to the inside of the jacket. A nicer than usual copy of this Christmas classic.
Item #610008
Charles Dickens
birth name: Charles John Huffman Dickens
born: 2/7/1812
died: 6/9/1870
nationality: Great Britain
Biography
English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature Random Dickens trivia - the first professional baseball team was the Dolly Vardens, a Philadelphia, PA all-African-American, all-female baseball team formed in 1867 (two years before the Cincinnati Red Stockings). Their name came from a character in the Dickens's novella Barnaby Rudge. The Dolly Vardens folded after a short time due to lack of support.more