Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. Feb 28, 2017 i have a book titled a christmas carol by charles dickens with illustrations by ch. Rare first edition of charles dickens, a christmas carol, in prose, being a ghost. It needs some work, but its worth having in the shop. Top publishers at the time included mcloughlin brothers, nister, graham, donohue, hurst and dutton. Dated 1843 and printed by bradbury and evans, printers, whitefriars. Please take the time to go through these pages and get a better understanding of all the types of christmas items that exist, their history and their value. The christmas books a christmas carol charles dickens. Antique book blackies english texts charles dickens a christmas carol. Blue monday vintage christmas carol christmas carol. The story of scrooge is arguably one of the most famous stories that is retold over the festive period. Published by the henneberry company, chicago and new york. Christmas carol by charles dickens rackham, 1915 at 1stdibs. Charles dickens christmas classic, written in a mere six weeks at a low point in dickenss career, and published at his own expense, a christmas carol revived dickenss fortunes, establishing a robust market for christmas gift books that survives to this day.
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