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New York : The New York Public Library, 1971. Hardcover. Good. Oriignal gilt lettered red cloth, dust jacket, decorated endpapers, facsimile, 8vo.; Small tear dust jacket repaired.
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Christmas Carol: The Public Reading Version Hardcover - 1971
by Dickens, Charles
About this book
The full title of Charles Dickens' most famous work is technically A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas. This novella was published on December 19, 1843, and the first edition run of 6000 copies were sold out by Christmas Eve of that year.
The publication of the first edition was fraught with complications, and even though the book was received to positive reviews, profits of the book fell far below Dickens' expectations, and the financial strain caused rifts between Dickens and the original publisher, Chapman & Hall.
The publication of the first edition was fraught with complications, and even though the book was received to positive reviews, profits of the book fell far below Dickens' expectations, and the financial strain caused rifts between Dickens and the original publisher, Chapman & Hall.
First Edition Identification
The initial publication of A Christmas Carol was challenged by several issues, and those issues are evident in some of the first edition identification notes. The final product of the first edition was printed with a red cloth binding with gilded pages and yellow endpapers. The very first copies were printed with green endpapers, and those copies are exceptionally rare.
The first edition contains four colored illustrations and four black and white illustrations. In the first edition, Stave I is printed with the roman numeral, while later editions spell out the number to be printed as Stave One.
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- Title Christmas Carol: The Public Reading Version
- Author Dickens, Charles
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Publisher New York Public Library, New York
- Date 1971
- ISBN 9780871042286
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Christmas Carol: The Public Reading Version: a facsimile of the author's prompt-copy
by Collins, Philip (introduction and notes by)
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL The Public Reading Version
by Dickens, Charles
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: New York Public Library, 1971. 206pp. A fine yellow complete d.j. Red cloth, gilt. Red end-papers. No fading, inscriptions or wear. A facsimile of Dickens's own annotated copy of his Christmas story which he used during his popular public reading tours in England and America. An introduction and notes by Philip Collins. Tricky to find with the complete d.j. A lovely copy.. facsimile. Hardback. Fine/Fine. large 8vo.
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