Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Puffin Books. Very Good. 1986. Reprint; Fifth Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Slight edge wear, large marker pen initials inside front cover, old price struck through with marker pen on front endpaper. ; Fifth printing of Puffin edition. Nice tight flat copy. Cover artwork by Mark Peppe. ; Puffin Classics; B&W Illustrations; 108 pages; The most famous of Dicken's Christmas stories, as the tight-fisted Scrooge is converted into understanding the true meaning of Christmas with the help of three ghosts. .

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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Bookseller: Books in Bulgaria (BG)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8780
Title: A Christmas Carol
Author: Dickens, Charles
Illustrator: Peppe, Mark
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Edition: Reprint; Fifth Printing
ISBN 10: 0140350276
ISBN 13: 9780140350272
Publisher: Puffin Books
Place of Publication: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England
Date Published: 1986
Keywords: Mass Market PB
Bookseller catalogs: Children's Books;

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Mass Market: Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
PB: ...