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A Christmas Carol in Prose: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1930. Full leather. Very Good +. W.A. Dwiggins. A very interesting copy of the 1930 re-issue by the Press of the Wooly Whale of New York. Re-bound in a full chocolate-brown leather, with bright git-titling along the spine and the W.A. Dwiggins-designed door-knocker from the title page gilded ono the front panel. Unsigned but possibly a one-of-a-kind or a Presentation binding by Melbert B. Cary, Jr. of the Press of the Woolly Whale. The book is well-preserved and VG+, with crisp, bright-white pages. Other than a small inscription on the front free endpaper, the book is clean as could be, with no writing or markings to speak of. The 5 initial chapter letters and the title page door-knocker are all designed in a rich red by the great W.A. Dwiggins. The leather binding is clean and VG+ to Near Fine, with just a touch of wear along its flap-folds. Folio, gilt top-edge, deckled fore and bottom edges. #207 of only 250 copies issued. This title represents "the first folio and first prose volume from the Press of the Woolly Whale"
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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Reviews
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
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15107
- Title
- A Christmas Carol in Prose: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Illustrator
- W.A. Dwiggins
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Press of the Woolly Whale
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- rare Charles Dickens, rare editions of Dickens, Press of the Woolly Whale, rare Dickens bindings, rare W.A. Dwiggins, rare Dwiggins design
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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Waccabuc, New York
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- Folio
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- Crisp
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