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STORIES FOR CHRISTMAS
by CHARLES DICKENS
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
USA: PLATINUM PRESS, 2010 A BEAUTIFUL FACSIMILE EDITION TO THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WHICH INCLUDES FIVE MORE STORIES. A CHRISTMAS TREE, THE POOR RELATION'S STORY, THE CHILD'S STORY, THE SCHOOLBOY'S STORY, AND NOBODY'S STORY. NO MARKINGS INSIDE. BOOK APPEARS NEW. RED READING TASSLE, GOLD EDGE PAGES, HOLIDAY DECORATION ON PAGES, DARK GREEN-SHINEY COVER WITH GOLD PICTURE AND DECORATION ON FRONT AND PRINT ON SPINE. Dickens, Charles (1812¿70), English novelist. Dickens was a passionate supporter of fairy tales. In A Christmas Carol (1843) the miserly Scrooge is transformed into a miracle of genial generosity by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. TERRIFIC COLLECTOR ITEM. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.
Synopsis
The first edition of Dicken’s classic work A Christmas Carol, was published in 1843. It was a runaway success, and Dickens went on to write dozens of follow up Christmas tales over the next 25 years. Many of these stories are bundled in collections, titled Christmas Stories or Christmas Books. 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), T he 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).
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- Bookseller
- Antique Books Den
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000484
- Title
- STORIES FOR CHRISTMAS
- Author
- CHARLES DICKENS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- PLATINUM PRESS
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 2010
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- CHRISTMAS, DICKENS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Famous Authors; Art;
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