Philadelphia and New York: 0397000332, 1977. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, red cloth lettered in black on spine, in colorful publisher's pictorial dust-jacket. 147 pages. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with all 12 full color plates and numerous line drawings that adorned the original edition, first published in 1915. Later reprint (1977). No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, like new. Dust-jacket bright and complete, like new with only flaw being binder cropped jacket approximately one-sixteenth of an inch short. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. .

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: Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 018514
Title: A Christmas Carol.
Author: Dickens, Charles
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: Reprint
ISBN 10: 0397000332
ISBN 13: 9780397000333
Publisher: 0397000332
Place of Publication: Philadelphia and New York
Date Published: 1977
Keywords: 19th Century English Literature, Arthur Rackham
Bookseller catalogs: Dickens;
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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