A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens – LYRA’S CLASSICS LE 2022

A Christmas Carol, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens - LYRA’S CLASSICS LIMITED EDITION

A PICTORIAL REVIEW

No.72 of 250 copies
Afterword written by Simon Callow.
Six tipped in colour plates with loose tissue guards plus 12 full page black relief drawings and title page, printed letterpress to the page by Gary Gianni who has signed the book.
5 illustrated stave headings printed letterpress in black and red.
Printed letterpress in black and red ink on 160gsm Heritage Archival White paper by Hand and Eye Letterpress.
Silhouette endpapers printed black on grey and white with a design by Gary Gianni, offset printed in 6 passes by Hurtwood Press.
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.
Title, author and artist names are foil blocked to the spine in gold.
Gilded page top edge.
Red cloth curved edge slipcase with gilt blocked front design.
158 pages
28.2x18.8cm.
£500



















































































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Thank you for sharing. A truly special edition

Thanks for yet another excellent review. I'm enjoying this editions again these days 😊

Gianni really delivered here. Makes me excited for the two editions with his work I've got coming.
And so, as Tiny Tim said, 'A Merry Christmas to us all; God bless us, every one!'

>4 A.Godhelm: Which two editions are those?

>1 wcarter: I just realized that this is the second time Hand & Eye have printed A Christmas Carol -- they did it in 2015 under their own sign, with Angela Barrett's illustrations.

I love working with Gary, Christmas Carol was a book he'd wanted to do for a long time. >5 ultrarightist: The Alchemist and HitchHikers? Both are using a way of integrating colour with text in a pretty challenging way, I really wanted to use colour printing and letterpress printing and Gary is always up for the challenge m

>6 kermaier: Yes, and I have both, and while the H&E edition is charming, the Lyra's edition with Gianni's illustrations is definitely my favorite. I love the design, the binding, and above all the classic illustrations, like windows looking back into the Victorian era.

>7 marceloanciano: Probably. Those were difficult passes for me because I was sorely tempted by Gary's illustrations. He is my favorite current illustrator. I think it would be interesting to see him take a stab at illustrating weird fiction. He's taking a step in that direction by providing one illustration for Pegana's upcoming edition of The King in Yellow. I hope to see more.

Beautiful edition of a classic work, thank you for sharing! This is one that I unfortunately missed out on when it was available. Hoping you rectify that at some point in the future! It's nice to see it vicariously through this post, though!

The more I see of this illustrator the more I like. I ordered the recent Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy based on the illustrations. I like the swirling crowds that seems to be a signature of his.

This is one gorgeous book. Probably my all round favourite from Lyra's so far. And there's some stuff competition, not least from the recently published Oz. And I agree about Gary Gianni being a master illustrator: not only is his work in both colour and b&w stunning, but he also illustrates each book very generously. I wonder what he's working on after The Alchemist and Hitchhikers?