Christmas Stories - Charles Dickens : A Cricket on the Hearth, a Christmas Carol, the Chimes and Other Tales Hardcover - 1996
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
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- Title Christmas Stories - Charles Dickens : A Cricket on the Hearth, a Christmas Carol, the Chimes and Other Tales
- Author Dickens, Charles
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Ed.
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Random House Value Publishing, U.S.A.
- Date June 1, 1996
- Bookseller's Inventory # 40109667-6
- ISBN 9780517180877 / 0517180871
- Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 6.37 x 1.27 in (23.62 x 16.18 x 3.23 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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About this book
The first four Christmas books published after the success of A Christmas Carol were: The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In (1844), The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home (1845), The Battle of Life: A Love Story (1846), The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain: A Fancy for Christmas-Time (1848).
After the success of these stand-alone books, Dickens began to write and edit special Christmas-themed issues of Household Words, a twopenny journal he launched in 1850. He collaborated with well-known authors, as well as wrote his own stories. You can find multiple bound editions of these early stories from Household Words, such as "What Christmas Is" (1851), "The Poor Relation's Story "(1852), "The Schoolboy's Story" (1853), "The Seven Poor Travellers" (1854), "The Holly-Tree Inn" (1855), "A House to Let" (1858), "The Haunted House" (1859), "A Message from the Sea" (1860), and "Somebody's Luggage" (1862).
First Edition Identification
Chapman & Hall, London first published in 1943 A Christmas Carol, followed by The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Haunted Man, and The Battle of Life.
John Wiley a First Collected Edition of Christmas Stories in New York, 1849. The hardcover is bound in green cloth over boards with elaborate gilt stamping to spine and boards.
