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0140367233New. Brand new and still unused unknown
196142107Cleveland World Publishing 1961 First Edition. hardcover. First Edition in U.S. with the Ronald Searle illustrations in color and black-and-white including on endsheets and wrap-around jacket. -- Hardcover 109 pages 7.5x10 inches. Condition: very good tiny wear to cover tips; child's bookplate; shallow crease rear pages with good-only unclipped dust jacket long creased tear with reverse archival tape repair; chips to spine tips and flap corners; spine white bit tanned and rubbed at folds. -- Jacket art and pages are bright and binding is tight. World Publishing hardcover
1933113755William Heinemann. London. 1933. William Heinemann. London. 1933. Cheaper edition first thus. Hardback in DW. 8 coloured plates plus b/w illustrations in text. Decorated cloth boards partially sunned to spine endpapers browned inner hinge partially visible frontis. coming slightly loose along top of hinge.Generally a clean and sound copy in stained and worn wrapper that lacks large portions to spine and corners. hardcover
1025552164.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1886465378London : Chapman and Hall 1886. New Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in gilt-decorated red cloth boards. Small damp-stain to upper front joint. Front board fore-edge and top corner with minor bumps. Endbands lightly rubbed. Front hinge slightly weak at head. Endpapers and preliminary leaves lightly foxed; interior otherwise bright and clean with only sparse isolated spots. A well-preserved example. Physical description; 100 pages 4 plates : frontispiece ; 18 cm. Notes; Date conjectural. Printed by Charles Dickens and Evans. Subjects; Christmas. Ghost story. Fiction. 19th century. Victorian literature. Scrooge. London : Chapman and Hall hardcover
1859988571.Gcassette. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1844005109London: Chapman and Hall 1844 1844. FIFTH EDITION. 1 vol. 6-5/8" x 4-7/16" illustrated with 4 hand colored engraved plates by John Leech and 4 black and white illustrations by W.J. Linton. Bound in the original straight grained rose colored cloth gilt tile and wreath to spine and front cover yellow pastedowns and endpapers all edges gilt. Back corners still square Spine expertly relined internally clean and bright small bookplate to front pastedown overall a GOOD copy. Regarded as Dicken's most widely read novel and considered to be "the greatest Christmas book ever written in any language" Eckel p. 116 selling more than 6000 copies in the few days leading up to Christmas. The work was extravagantly costly as Dickens for the first time and incidentally his last used color in the title-page and etchings as he wanted to make the book a beautiful gift and to be a celebration of the Christmas spirit. After the initial success Dickens continued the series throughout the 1840's maintaining "the Carol" philosophy to "strike a sledgehammer blow" for the poor uneducated and repressed. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844 hardcover
1843005108London: Chapman and Hall 1843 1843. FIRST EDITION SECOND ISSUE. 1 vol. 6-5/8" x 4-7/16" chapter heading reading "Stave One" illustrated with 4 hand colored engraved plates by John Leech and 4 black and white illustrations by W.J. Linton. Bound in the original straight grained rose colored cloth gilt tile and wreath to spine and front cover front cover has a perfect 'D' in 'Dickens' yellow pastedowns and endpapers all edges gilt. Back corners still square head of spine expertly renewed otherwise entirely unsophisticated foot of spine fine inner and outer hinges fine internally clean and bright small bookplate to front endpaper neat contemporary gift inscription to half-title dated "Jan. 2 1844" overall a VERY GOOD copy. Regarded as Dicken's most widely read novel and considered to be "the greatest Christmas book ever written in any language" Eckel p. 116 selling more than 6000 copies in the few days leading up to Christmas. The work was extravagantly costly as Dickens for the first time and incidentally his last used color in the title-page and etchings as he wanted to make the book a beautiful gift and to be a celebration of the Christmas spirit. After the initial success Dickens continued the series throughout the 1840's maintaining "the Carol" philosophy to "strike a sledgehammer blow" for the poor uneducated and repressed. London: Chapman and Hall, 1843 hardcover
1844005110London: Chapman and Hall 1844 1844. FOURTH EDITION. 1 vol. 6-5/8" x 4-7/16" illustrated with 4 hand colored engraved plates by John Leech and 4 black and white illustrations by W.J. Linton. Bound in the original straight grained rose colored cloth gilt tile and wreath to spine and front cover yellow pastedowns and endpapers all edges gilt. Back corners still square head and foot of spine rubbed hinges fine rear upper hinge just starting internally clean and bright "Marley's Ghost" plate slightly askew completely unsophisticated no bookplate or former ownership inscription or markings overall a GOOD copy. Regarded as Dicken's most widely read novel and considered to be "the greatest Christmas book ever written in any language" Eckel p. 116 selling more than 6000 copies in the few days leading up to Christmas. The work was extravagantly costly as Dickens for the first time and incidentally his last used color in the title-page and etchings as he wanted to make the book a beautiful gift and to be a celebration of the Christmas spirit. After the initial success Dickens continued the series throughout the 1840's maintaining "the Carol" philosophy to "strike a sledgehammer blow" for the poor uneducated and repressed. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844 hardcover
1920TB33990Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press 1920. Facsimile Edition. Very near fine in decorated red cloth covered boards with gilt text and floral decorations on the spine and on the front board with blind embossed floral motif around the perimeter of the front and rear boards. All edges of the text block are gilt. A 16mo of 6 3/8 by 4 1/8 inches with a gift inscription on the first free end page. In a good unclipped no price dust jacket with significant chipping around the upper edges of the front and rear panels and the spine area. Several areas have been repaired with archival tape on the verso side of the jacket. A facsimile copy from the original 1843 London edition complete with colored frontispiece colored title page and three color plates and three vignettes. 166 pages followed by two pages of ads from the original British publisher's office. The Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover
73816London: Chapman and Hall 1886. Christmas Ghost Story STEREOTYPE EDITION. Small octavo 18 x 12cm pp.8 166 2. With four woodcut plates by Leech including a frontispiece and four further woodcuts in-text. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt wreath motif to upper. Fore-edge untrimmed with advertisements to endpapers. A black ink ownership to half-title dated January 1886. Hinges starting but intact. Gentle toning throughout with light occasional spotting. Light wear to cloth with some toning to spine. Very good. London: Chapman and Hall, 1886 unknown
20327378like new. unknown
0710074433-7-1Routledge & Kegan Paul Books. Acceptable. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting as well as stains bent corners or any other major defect but the text is not obscured in any way. Routledge & Kegan Paul Books unknown
18487938London: Chapman & Hall 1848. First edition. Very Good. A Christmas Carol is the correct first printing with "Stave I" and the textual points outlined in Smith with the half-title printed in blue and the title-page printed in red and blue. Complete with the four inserted hand-colored steel engraved plates. The Cricket on the Hearth with the textual points outlined in Smith and the second state of the advertisement for Oliver Twist. The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain with the points outlined in Smith. Three volumes in one 162 x 100 mm. Complete. Early dark green morocco over dark green marbled boards. Gilt-titled spine in six compartments with raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Ink gift inscription dated 1938 to preliminary blank. Margins trimmed a bit short. A Very Good copy.<br /> <br /> Dickens' beloved Christmas story of Ebenezer Scrooge's redemption after being visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve. Scrooge is made to see the dangers and consequences of his miserly ways and awakens the following morning infused with the spirit of Christmas giving. "A tale to make the reader laugh and cry - to open his hands and open his heart to charity even toward the uncharitable.a dainty dish to set before a King" contemporary review in London's Athenaeum magazine.<br /> <br /> Smith Part II: 4 6 9. Very Good. Chapman & Hall unknown
361105Isaac Pitman & Sons 1889. SCARCE IN SHORTHAND sm octavo written in shorthand ownership stamp of art critic Ron Brownson dark green buckram gilt and black stamped lettering to front board gilt lettering to spine 112pp 8pp publisher's ads to rear dated July 1889 scarce VG light tanning to page edges minimal bruising to extrems and minimal cracking to gutters prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown sl foxing spordically throughout Isaac Pitman & Sons 1889 hardcover
1922ZZ5927Cecil Palmer 1922. Terracotta cloth decorated with a gilt blind-stamp holly wreath. Cover and decorations are all fresh and unfaded. All edges red. Corners ship. Endpapers uncracked at gutters. A facsimile of the 1843 edition. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. Several old owners' signature to front endpaper. Several old owners' signature to front endpaper. Binding sound text unmarked. Fine/No dustwrapper. xviii 166pp. 8 illustrations 17 x 11 cm. Cecil Palmer Hardcover
1964422248-YG1London : William Heinemann 1964. Hardcover. Good. Original silver lettered green cloth full page illustrations in colour and b/w 8vo.; No dust jacket boards partially discoloured spine-ends and corners slightly worn endpapers browned name in ballpoint pen on title page. London : William Heinemann hardcover
1922662583Charles E. Lauriat Co 1922. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. A facsimile of the Original Edition with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton and a Preface by B.W. Matz; with four illustrations in colour and four woodcuts by John Leech. Same as the Cecil Palmer edition 1922 See Gimbel B140. 4.5 x 6.75 in. xviv 166pp. 2 pages of ads at the rear; facsimile title page. Original brownish pink cloth with gilt titles and decorations in facsimile to the First Edition. All edges gilt; green endpapers. A touch of light wear else a Near Fine copy. Copies have been seen and reccoded with a publishers dust jacket which this copy is lacking. Charles E. Lauriat Co hardcover
184615026Leipzig; Bernhard Tauchnitz 1846. 1846. Hard Cover. Tauchnitz Edition small octavo pp. 342. Maroon quarter calf with marbled boards five raised bands with gilt titles to spine and gilt motifs to compartments. Marbled end-papers. Some rubbing to extremities some light scattered foxing and toning to text block edges and first 10 and last 6 pages. "Collection of British Authors" Tauchnitz Edition Volume 91. Containing the first three of Dickens' five "Christmas Books" the novellas "A Christmas Carol: In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas" 1843 "The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In" 1844 and "The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home" 1845. Leipzig; Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1846. hardcover
57493326-75Used - Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
184428883Philadelphia: Carey & Hart 1844. First American edition. Small 8vo illustrated with 8 plates after the originals by John Leech a hand-colored frontispiece of Mr. Fezziwig’s ball three colored plates that are lithographed by P. S. Duval and four black-and-white original brown cloth decorated and lettered in blind and gilt on the front cover and spine and in blind only on rear cover by J. C. Russell Binder. First American edition of Dickens’ most popular work. replicating the first English edition the American edition was printed by “C. Sherman printer†as noted on the verso of the title-page. Carey & Hart’s American publication was a piracy published in blatant disregard to Dickens’ impassioned plea for international copyright protection during his tour of America in 1843. The present copy is in the rare gift binding stamped on the front cover with the binder’s name unlike in the ordinary bindings. Edgar & Vail p. 21; Gimbel a80; McGuire Collection 31; Wilkins p. 38; Suzzanet Collection p. 190 item 78 the ordinary binding only. a short 1/8 inch closed tear at the top of the spine slight foxing to endpapers otherwise a remarkably fine copy of this edition far scarcer than the English edition. Enclosed in a red half-morocco folding box. Carey & Hart unknown
184316056Chapman & Hall Ltd. London. 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. As New in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Modern recent replica like new unread of the 1843 first edition by Chapman & Hall London. FACSIMILE COPY of "the first edition duplicates the type and color pages precisely as appeared in the original 1843 first ed. Gilt edges along with design and lettering in gilt on spine and front board. This includes the color frontice. Small book a little under 7 inches by 4 1/2. Illustrations by John Leech. Original first edition was published about two weeks before Christmas 1843 in a first printing of 6000 and sold out in one day. Nice collector's copy. THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC; 8vo; 166 pages . Chapman & Hall, Ltd. London hardcover
14778537-6Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
3307379-6Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
MA03B-03569The Roycroft Shop. Collectible - Good. East Aurora NY: The Roycroft Shop 1902. Sm 4to with soft purple suede wraps with yapped edges. 141pp. B/W frontis decorative title and decorative chapter headers. Good book. Covers sunned at spine and edges. Spine tips slightly frayed. Front pastedown moire silk just loosening at gutter. Interior otherwise clean and bright. From the library of American author columnist journalist and presidential speechwriter William Safire. fiction classic christmas literature Inquire if you need further information. The Roycroft Shop paperback
