1876 Rare Book - Christmas Books (A Christmas Carol, etc.) by Charles DickensAuthor: Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Fred Barnard. Title: Christmas Books (Household Edition). Publisher: London, Chapman & Hall, 193 Piccadilly, [1876]. Language: Text in English. Size: 10 x 8 inches. Pages: 200 pages. Binding: Attractive and very good original publishers green cloth binding, richly decorated in black and gilt with elaborate ornamental borders, central gilt title panel, and four charming Dickensian character vignettes in gilt.

Author: Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (published anonymously)

during the 1880s–1890s

making it an intriguing read for enthusiasts of ghost stories and British history

A beautiful and devotional object in itself

offering charming provenance

His other major works include the Georgics and the Eclogues

near fine rperiod full black morocco leather binding

The author: Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)

can escape their final fate

some light foxing mainly on the preliminary and last pages  - as shown

being number 319 out of only 500 copies in the Kirban Edition

exploring the absurdities of wealth