A Christmas Carol 1st Edition

Sunday, March 3, 2019

A Christmas Carol 1st Edition

Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. The very first copies were printed with green endpapers and those copies are exceptionally rare.

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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.

A christmas carol 1st edition. 1 vol 6 9 16 x 4 1 4 chapter heading reading stave i illustrated with 4 hand colored engraved plates by john leech and 4 black and white illustrations by w j. 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 volume published by chapman and hall on 19 december 1843 was an immediate success and the initial print run of 6 000 copies sold out within a matter of days.

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 full title of charles dickens most famous work is technically a christmas carol in prose being a ghost story of christmas. Being a ghost story of christmas commonly known as a christmas carol is a novella by charles dickens first published in london by chapman hall in 1843 and illustrated by john leech.

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A christmas carol 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. The final product of the first edition was printed with a red cloth binding with gilded pages and yellow endpapers. Bound in fine full red.

Chapman and hall 1843. Dickens had hoped the book would clear his debts with chapman and hall but the lavish production including four woodcuts and four colour plates by john leech. First edition first issue.

A christmas carol in prose being a ghost story of christmas to give the work its full title was the first and the most popular of dickens s series of christmas books.

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