A Christmas Carol (1938)
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A Christmas Carol (1938)
by Charles Dickens
Full title: A Christmas Carol: In Prose Being A Ghost Story of Christmas
9 ½ x 7 ½. In English. Hardcover. Published by Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1938. 131 pp. Publisher’s embossed red cloth. Beautifully bound “De Luxe” binding edition in red boards stamped in gilt. Bright and clean text block. No ownership markings. Near fine dust jacket with some trivial chipping. Profusely illustrated by Golden Age illustrator Everett Shinn. With an introduction by movie star Lionel Barrymore. A SCARCE copy, especially in this condition. In mylar sleeve for protection.
Though first published by Chapman & Hall in 1843, “A Christmas Carol,” probably the most popular piece of fiction that Charles Dickens ever wrote, actually paid the publishing costs himself. It was the most successful book of the 1843 holiday season. By Christmas it sold six thousand copies, and it continued to be popular into the new year. This classic is as popular today as it was over 175 years ago. Dickens, through the voice of Scrooge, reminds us of the importance in taking notice of the lives of those around us and continues to urge us to honor Christmas in our hearts and try to keep it all the year round.
Price: $125
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Inventory Number: 17109
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