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First Edition. Soft cover chapbook in green card wraps, yapp edge, over paper, 16mo (measuring 3 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches) with vignette watercolor reproduction art by London-born artist Charles E. Brock (1870-1938) on front of wraps, titles printed in darker green. Frontispiece, plus three additional watercolor plates by Brock within the text. Printed by Neill and Company, Edinburgh.**Charles Dickens's short story was first published in 1865, and T.N. Foulis did a number of different editions of this popular Christmas story. It features the struggle to overcome adversity faced by a street pedlar, named Dr. Marigold (after the man who delivered him,) and his adopted, deaf-mute daughter. Sophie has had a background of her own childhood trauma to deal with. The work has been noted for its progressive views on the deaf. It was also reworked into a play. CONDITION: Very Good Plus. Some scuffing to the applied cover image. However, the wraps remain bright, and the interior is clean and bright. There is a small, neat undated inscription to the half title page in old ink.OCLC 427566936. Elfick and Harris 86. Advertising indicates first edition, see p. 75.
Ref: CHAP 9039
$95.00