tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704251608705178525.post2137635359514532946..comments2023-11-05T02:08:28.532-08:00Comments on Fairweather's Red Mud Inn: IllustrationsFairweatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05937652543270255299noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704251608705178525.post-37899382908504124462009-12-10T15:07:04.232-08:002009-12-10T15:07:04.232-08:00Hi Jamie--those illustrations have always been par...Hi Jamie--those illustrations have always been part of the reason I love A CHRISTMAS CAROL best of all Dickens's works--(well, that and the ghosts ;)). I first saw them years ago when my grandmother bought us a facsimile edition at a Save the Children store here in town, a tiny red-backed book with microscopic print and the title stamped in gold on the cover. It also included a separate book that had information about the book's genesis, layout, publication and illustrations--stuff I was interested in so I remember them--:DFairweatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937652543270255299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704251608705178525.post-15337471466636892232009-12-08T16:10:34.161-08:002009-12-08T16:10:34.161-08:00Great story about illustrated Dickens. Last year ...Great story about illustrated Dickens. Last year I used the musical Scrooge because of the number featuring the Fezziwigs<br /><br /><a href="http://jdurward.blogspot.com/2008/12/december-25th.html" rel="nofollow">December The 25th</a>Durward Discussionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704251608705178525.post-54353056905209067222009-12-08T13:02:55.715-08:002009-12-08T13:02:55.715-08:00Hi, Sturg--most welcome! I found out the other da...Hi, Sturg--most welcome! I found out the other day in an article in the NY TIMES, BTW, the original color etching of the Ghost of Christmas Present had to be redone because Leech did the Ghost's robe in red, and the text specifically says it's green--Fun little book and I had a lot of fun researching this, too--Good to hear from you!Fairweatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937652543270255299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704251608705178525.post-68156611141808288332009-12-08T03:10:45.167-08:002009-12-08T03:10:45.167-08:00Odds Bodkins.....and gadzooks as well......lol.......Odds Bodkins.....and gadzooks as well......lol....thanks for the background.,,,,,sturgeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12935356499781717411noreply@blogger.com