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A Christmas Carol
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: David McKay, 1914. Reprint. HC w DJ. PC VG/VG. Blue cloth, gilt titling & gilt front decoration, wear to tips, spotting, FO plate to half-title verso, leaves toned, light foxing, unmarked, binding sound. Unclipped DJ edgeworn, extremities rubbed, wrinkling w moisture stains, bleeding to inside of DJ, chips/nicks, now in Brodart. Color frontis & illustrations by Arthur I. Keller. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.
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.
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
- Refuge Books: Used & Rare
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 220287
- Title
- A Christmas Carol
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- HC w DJ
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- David McKay
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1914
- Pages
- 130
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- PC
- Partially chipped (dustjacket)
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
This Book’s Categories
- Children & Juvenile Children’s Fiction & Literature
- Children & Juvenile Picture Books
- Fiction & Literature Classic Literature
- Fiction & Literature English Fiction
- Fiction & Literature Individual Authors Charles Dickens
- Fiction & Literature Literary Studies Literary Criticism
- Fiction & Literature Science Fiction & Fantasy Fantasy
- Children & Juvenile Juvenile & Young Adult Juvenile Fiction & Literature Juvenile Classics
- Children & Juvenile Juvenile & Young Adult Juvenile Fiction & Literature Juvenile Christmas Fiction
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