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A Christmas Carol

Name: A Christmas Carol
Price: 7.84 EUR
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Author: Charles Dickens

by Charles Dickens

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Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1960 Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, NY. 1960 (?) Not Dated. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name and date (12/1/64) on the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good +; light toning to board top edges and spine. DJ: Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($1.00); toning to spine, top edges of DJ, and flap folds; light bumping to head and upper tips. Christmas floral design paper over boards and spine with red and white lettering on the spine and front board. Matching DJ and Book designs. 93 pp 8vo oblong. The printing of this edition is all in the original words of the author but some passages have been abbreviated. Originally titled: A Christmas Carol; In Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, it is commonly known as A Christmas Carol. It was a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. It recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. In the process, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

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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: Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 016956
Title: A Christmas Carol
Author: Charles Dickens
Illustrator: David McKay
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good +
Jacket Condition: Good +
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Revised Edition
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press
Place of Publication: Mount Vernon, NY
Date Published: 1960
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, Marley, Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Christmas, Christmas Past, Christmas Present, Christmas Future, Christmas Yet to Come, Cratchit family, Ghost of Christmas,
Bookseller catalogs: Americana;

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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.

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