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A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas Paperback - 1999
by Charles Dickens; Introduction by Joe L. Wheeler; Afterword by Joe L. Wheeler
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 A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas
- Author Charles Dickens; Introduction by Joe L. Wheeler; Afterword by Joe L. Wheeler
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 104
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Bethany House Publishers, Wheaton, Illinois
- Date October 1, 1999
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781561797462 / 1561797464
- Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 8.48 x 5.51 x 0.51 in (21.54 x 14.00 x 1.30 cm)
- Ages 07 to 09 years
- Grade levels 2 - 4
- Reading level 1020
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97014293
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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