A Christmas Carol. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas. With Eight Illustrations in Colour by Honor C. Appleton. London: Simpkin, 1914. First Edition Thus. Pp 154. Publisher’s fawn boards with colour illustration to front cover, lettered in green, pictorial endpapers. Lacking the plate normally pasted to upper cover, otherwise a fine bright copy.

Honor Charlotte Appleton (1879 – 1951) developed a very delicate watercolour style that captured the innocent world of children, their adventures and life.

She was influenced by illustrators such as Kate Greenaway and Annie French and other illustrators of the period.