A Christmas Carol in Prose: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good-
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Dust jacket is plain paper and shows a little wear around the edges, and is price-clipped. Cover repeats the art of the dust jacket on paper-covered boards. Spine skewed a bit. Pages are clean, tight and lack illustrations. Inscription dated 1963 inside the front cover. The story is "slightly abridged for the modern reader". A rare version of this classic story.
Synopsis
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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Reviews
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Turtleman Used Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ST08218
- Title
- A Christmas Carol in Prose
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Fleming H. Revell Company
- Place of Publication
- Westwood, NJ
- Date Published
- 1962
- Pages
- 63
- Size
- 11.5 cm x 16.5 cm x 1 cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Holiday; Classics; Literary Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Turtleman Used Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Buyer responsible for return postage. Due to recently enacted packaging rules, I cannot ship to Germany. (Too expensive.)
About the Seller
Turtleman Used Books
About Turtleman Used Books
Opened August 1st of 2022, Turtleman Used Books in Olympia, WA. Address is 108 22nd Ave SW, Olympia, WA 98501. Suite #4. This is a small shop, so some books may only be displayed online, others only displayed in the store. Come on by if you are in town. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
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Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
This Book’s Categories
- Children & Juvenile Children’s Fiction & Literature
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- Fiction & Literature Classic Literature
- Fiction & Literature English Fiction
- Fiction & Literature Individual Authors Charles Dickens
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- Children & Juvenile Juvenile & Young Adult Juvenile Fiction & Literature Juvenile Classics
- Children & Juvenile Juvenile & Young Adult Juvenile Fiction & Literature Juvenile Christmas Fiction