A Christmas Carol Original Cover
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A christmas carol original cover. Illustrations in black and white by g. 46 original first edition cover. Being a ghost story of christmas. The cover is also very close to the original.
The volume published by chapman and hall on 19 december 1843 was an immediate success and the initial print run of 6 000 copies sold out within a matter of days. Being a ghost story of christmas commonly known as a christmas carol is a novella by charles dickens first published in london by chapman hall in 1843 and illustrated by john leech. The original manuscript of a christmas carol reveals dickens s method of composition allowing us to see the author at work. Chapman hall london 1843.
Chapman hall 1843. 1843 original illustrations in color by john leech 19337 published in 1905. With illustrations by john leech. A christmas carol in prose being a ghost story of christmas to give the work its full title was the first and the most popular of dickens s series of christmas books.
First editions first printings signed by charles dickens on a hand written check laid into the christmas carol the christmas carol has the first issue points with text uncorrected stave i as first chapter heading red and blue title page dated 1843 and blue half title. Also available as a soft cover edition and as a facsimile info below. This beautiful hard cover edition includes the original illustrations in full color by john leech. With some of the original cloth bound in dickens charles.
The title author names and images need to be clear and easy to read when reduced to a thumbnail size. An excellent complete set of dickensís christmas books with a first edition first issue ìa christmas carol. Front cover the cover is for both a print book and ebook. Compelled by personal financial difficulties dickens wrote a christmas carol in only six weeks during a period of intense creativity in fall 1843.
A christmas carol recounts the story of ebenezer scrooge an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner jacob marley and the spirits of christmas past. There are a lot of books available on a christmas carol so the cover needs to be unique. The pace of writing and revision apparently contiguous is urgent rapid and boldly confident.