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A Christmas Carol numbered

Charles Dickens

Publication year

Limitation

Lyra's Classics

2022

250

Author signature

Artist

Introduction

No

Gary Gianni

None

List Price

Median Market Value

Recorded Sales

£500

£650

17

A Christmas Carol numbered
A Christmas Carol numbered

4.a The "Numbered" edition: Fully bound in dark green, natural grain, Nigerian goatskin leather , two colour foil blocked designs on book boards and slipcase. Gilded top edge. Signed by artist: limitation 250

4.b The "Lettered" edition: Fully bound in black goatskin leather which has been hand marbled, solander traycase, signed by author and artist: limitation 26


Printed letterpress on 160gsm Heritage Archival White paper by Phil Abel and Robert Hetherington of Hand and Eye Letterpress. Black ink throughout with red and black title, half title and chapter opening pages.


6 colour plates, including the author photograph frontispiece. With 12 full page black relief drawings and title page, printed letterpress to the page.


5 illustrated stave headings printed letterpress in black and red.


The numbered edition is fully bound in dark green, natural grain, Nigerian goatskin leather with a two colour, foil blocked ‘Marley’ design by Gary Gianni to the front board. Front and back boards foil blocked with gold frames. The title, author and artist names are foil blocked to the spine in gold.


Gilded top edge.


Silhouette endpapers with a design by Gary Gianni, offset printed in 6 passes by Hurtwood Press.


The book comes in a curved edge, cloth covered slipcase with a gold foil blocked design by Gary Gianni to the front.


The other editions: Lettered

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