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A Christmas Carol: In Prose

by Dickens, Charles

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Collectible - Good
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The Roycroft Shop. Collectible - Good. East Aurora, NY: The Roycroft Shop, 1902. Sm 4to with soft purple suede wraps with yapped edges. 141pp. B/W frontis, decorative title, and decorative chapter headers. Good book. Covers sunned at spine and edges. Spine tips slightly frayed. Front pastedown moire silk just loosening at gutter. Interior otherwise clean and bright. From the library of American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter William Safire. (fiction, classic, christmas, literature) Inquire if you need further information.

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
Wonder Book US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
MA03B-03569
Title
A Christmas Carol: In Prose
Author
Dickens, Charles
Book Condition
Used - Collectible - Good
Binding
Paperback
Publisher
The Roycroft Shop

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Sunned
Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Gutter
The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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...
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....

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