A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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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
- Cornish Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016948
- Title
- A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Illustrator
- Leech, John
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Book Society
- Place of Publication
- Middlesex
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- CLASSICS/CHILDREN'S CLASSICS/ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOKS
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