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A Christmas Carol

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A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

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  • 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
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London: William Heinemann, 1915. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Very Good. Heavily faded at the spine. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Text complete, clean and tight but with a little age-tanning to the lining papers. . Arthur Rackham. Hardback. Physically 8¼” x 6” (1 kg); (x) 146pp; Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; Includes: Colour plates (under tissue guards); Colour frontispiece (tissue-guarded); Chapter headpieces; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #187489|| Condition:

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.

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On Oct 7 2014, a reader said:
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 (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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BookLovers of Bath is set in the pastoral idyll of Peasedown St. John in Somerset (God's Own Country) in the south west of England. My wife and I owned the village Post Office until the modern world caught up with us in 2014. At that point I converted the premises to a small book shop, Fact or Fable, with a stock of around 4,000 titles in stock. I've been selling books worldwide since 1997 and rather hope to get the hang of it shortly…

Glossary

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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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