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Christmas stories: embracing A Christmas carol, The chimes, The cricket on the hearth, The battle of life and The haunted man. [Bound with] Pictures from Italy.
by Dickens, Charles. (Boz)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good, cover extremities worn, moderate foxing, ink name to title page, pencil name to pastedown.
- Seller
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia. : Getz, Buck & Co. , 1852. Early American edition following the 1851 Blanchard and Lea edition. . Publisher’s blindstamped brown cloth, gilt spine title, gilt Scrooge illustration on cover. . Good, cover extremities worn, moderate foxing, ink name to title page, pencil name to pastedown. . 24x15 cm. . Scarce. Separate title page for each title. Cushing Stetson’s copy with his ink name on the title page. weight: 1.2 lb.
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
- Zephyr Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 290830
- Title
- Christmas stories: embracing A Christmas carol, The chimes, The cricket on the hearth, The battle of life and The haunted man. [Bound with] Pictures from Italy.
- Author
- Dickens, Charles. (Boz)
- Format/Binding
- Publisher’s blindstamped brown cloth, gilt spine title, gilt Scrooge illustration on cover.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, cover extremities worn, moderate foxing, ink name to title page, pencil name to pastedown.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early American edition following the 1851 Blanchard and Lea edit
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Getz, Buck & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia.
- Date Published
- 1852
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Size
- 24x15 cm.
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Zephyr Books
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Reno, Nevada
About Zephyr Books
Zephyr Books is owned and operated by Lee and Ivye Johnson. We have been in the book business in Reno, Nevada since 1994. We have operated both brick and mortar, as well as online exclusive shops. We closed our brick and mortar shop in 2013, and now offer an exclusive selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian books online only.
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