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A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript Edition Hardcover - 2016
by Dickens, Charles
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- Title A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript Edition
- Author Dickens, Charles
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Facsimile
- Condition New
- Pages 160
- Language ENG
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
- Date 11/1/2016
- Bookseller's Inventory # WW-HC-LN-0393608646
- ISBN 9780393608649
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Holiday: Christmas
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About this book
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.
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.
First Edition Identification
The initial publication of A Christmas Carol was challenged by several issues, and those issues are evident in some of the first edition identification notes. The final product of the first edition was printed with a red cloth binding with gilded pages and yellow endpapers. The very first copies were printed with green endpapers, and those copies are exceptionally rare.
The first edition contains four colored illustrations and four black and white illustrations. In the first edition, Stave I is printed with the roman numeral, while later editions spell out the number to be printed as Stave One.
The first edition contains four colored illustrations and four black and white illustrations. In the first edition, Stave I is printed with the roman numeral, while later editions spell out the number to be printed as Stave One.
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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Citations
- Kirkus Reviews, 01/01/0001, Page 0
- Library Journal, 06/01/2016, Page 0
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 06/01/2016, Page 67