{"product_id":"a-christmas-carol-1860","title":"A CHRISTMAS CAROL BY CHARLES DICKENS 1860 'READING EDITION'","description":"\u003cp\u003e[DICKENS, CHARLES]. \u003cstrong\u003eA Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.\u003c\/strong\u003e London: Chapman and Hall, n.d. [1860].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'READING EDITION'. Cloth-bound; hardcover; octavo (20.5 x 13.5 x 2 cm); pp. 166. English text. Bound in publisher's original red cloth with titles and decoration in gilt to spine and upper board; blind panelled covers; all page edges gilt; illustrated by John Leech with four hand-coloured plates and four black and white drawings within the text. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight, secure and square, the spine ends with very slight bumping. Interior with a few trivial spots, else \u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003eremaining largely clean and without previous ownership  markings. A very well-preserved copy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes: A rare and important copy of arguably the finest work of fiction of the 19th century. This edition is known as the 'Reading Edition', owning to it being used by Dickens in his public readings of A Christmas Carol; hence the size of the book is notably larger than other editions.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MFR Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57538109210999,"sku":null,"price":1995.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0456\/6872\/8995\/files\/SAM_5643_da613dc8-abed-4e10-9901-d7c2e4061499.jpg?v=1791583940","url":"https:\/\/rarebooksboutique.com\/products\/a-christmas-carol-1860","provider":"MFR Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}