A Christmas Carol. Illustrated in Colour and black & white by A.C. Michael. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1910]. First Edition Thus. Pp, 135, all edges gilt. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration and a round pictorial onlay to the upper cover. Pictorial endpapers, mounted colour plates and line drawings in the text. A fine bright copy.

A beautifully printed edition of Dickens’ Christmas classic, with eight tipped-in colour plates and six full-page black-and-white line illustrations by A.C. Michael.

A Christmas Carol was first published in 1843 and “may readily be called the Bible of Christmas.”  Many illustrators have embellished this timeless tale over the years.

Arthur Charles Michael was a prolific British illustrator active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a period often considered the “Golden Age of Illustration.” He was a contemporary of more famous illustrators like Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac, and his work shared the same meticulous detail and romantic spirit that defined the era.