A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good. Heavily faded at the spine. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. A little age-toning to the e
- Seller
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Peasedown St. John, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Synopsis
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.
Reviews
It was interesting to read this story and see what was from Dickens' original text and was part of the many movie adaptations about Scrooge evil ways coming back to haunt him.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookLovers of Bath (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 187489
- Title
- A Christmas Carol
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Illustrator
- Arthur Rackham
- Format/Binding
- Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good. Heavily faded at the spine. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. A little age-toning to the e
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: William Heinemann
- Date Published
- 1915
- Keywords
- ebenezer scrooge, english christmas stories, english social history, 19th century english social customs, christmas plays, 20th century plays, english drama, books written by charles dickens, books illustrated by arthur rackham
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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- Children & Juvenile Children’s Fiction & Literature
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- Fiction & Literature Classic Literature
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- Children & Juvenile Juvenile & Young Adult Juvenile Fiction & Literature Juvenile Christmas Fiction