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CHRISTMAS STORIES - A Christmas Carol; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Chimes - and Other Tales
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0517180871
- ISBN 13
- 9780517180877
- Seller
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Avenal, New Jersey: Gramercy Books, 1985. Book. Illus. by George Sheffield;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 414 pp. Very light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The dustjacket features Old Cheapside, Warrington, a painting by George Sheffield. This story collection contains: Foreword by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz; A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man; A Christmas Tree; What Christmas Is As We Grow Older; The Poor Relation's Story; The Seven Poor Travellers; The Holly Tree; and Doctor Marigold..
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
- W. Fraser Sandercombe
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 231785
- Title
- CHRISTMAS STORIES - A Christmas Carol; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Chimes - and Other Tales
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Illustrator
- George Sheffield;
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Printing - First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0517180871
- ISBN 13
- 9780517180877
- Publisher
- Gramercy Books
- Place of Publication
- Avenal, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- christmas; xmas; yule; yuletide; noel; winter holiday; santa claus; father christmas; krampus; saint nicholas; st. nick; christian; jesus christ; religion; spiritual;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Christmas Books;
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About the Seller
W. Fraser Sandercombe
Biblio member since 2004
Burlington, Ontario
About W. Fraser Sandercombe
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