A Christmas Carol, in Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ashland, Oregon, United States
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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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- Bookseller
- Take Five Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020126
- Title
- A Christmas Carol, in Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Illustrator
- Leech, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- England
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Literature, Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Fiction;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
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- Fine
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.