Printer’s error in pagination, typically skipping, transposing or repeating page numbers. Satement of place, publisher and date of publication on a book’s title page. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. From the seller: “Rare true first printing of A Christmas Carol. Item#: 82152 The publication of the first edition was fraught with complications, and even though the book was received to positive reviews, profits of the book fell far below Dickens' expectations, and the financial strain caused rifts between Dickens and the original publisher, … Being A Ghost Story of Christmas, A Christmas Carol In Prose Being A Ghost Story of Christmas, James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.). It fits every requirement of a perfect copy—cover, plates and uncorrected text. When the stories were published in book form in … The front side of a leaf. Eckel, 110-125. Charles Dickens THE NONESUCH PRESS FACSIMILE EDITIONS 6 … Binding material made from goatskin—versatile, durable, with a distinctive pebbled texture and visible grain. Variation in text, illustration, design or format that allows a bibliographer to distinguish between different editions and different printings of the same edition, or between different states or issues of the same printing. Some books bound recently are bound using techniques, tools and styles of the period of the book’s original issue; when done well this is called a period-style binding, a term that implies “modern” as well. London was a great world power, rich from industry and colonial influence, yet poverty ran amok through its streets and factories. In Prose. A Christmas Carol. “It was a work written at the height of Dickens’ great powers, which would add to his considerable fame, bring a new work to the English language, increase the festivities at Christmastime, and contain his most eloquent protest at the condition of the poor” (John Mortimer). Label, generally affixed to the front pastedown, identifying a book’s owner. 2 A Christmas Carol (Short Film, 1971) Not only does this version pull designs, dialogue, scenes, and art-style from the original novel and illustrations, but was made by animation legend Chuck Jones, had Alistair Sim reprise his role as Ebeneezer Scrooge, … The beloved story sold 6,000 copies in its first week in print and 15,000 in its first year The first edition of A Christmas Carol. Extra leaves—plain, colored or decorated—with which a bookbinder covers the insides of the book’s boards, therefore not part of the actual text block. Binding material made from cowhide—versatile, durable, usually tan or brown in color, of smooth texture with no or little apparent grain. The part of the leaf pasted to the inside of the front board is the front “pastedown,” while the other part of the leaf that forms the first page of the book is the “front free endpaper”; the same applies to the rear pastedown and rear free endpaper. Sincerely yours, John C. Eckel.” Eckel’s The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens was first published in 1913, with a second edition appearing in 1932. It does not require the same sort of pressure as an engraving to transfer the image, but still has to be printed on separate stock from the text. If you are interested in an item from one of our catalogues or our website and would like more information before ordering it, please give us a call; one of our salespeople will be happy to speak with you and answer any questions that you might have. The very first copies were printed with green endpapers, and those copies are exceptionally rare. Other editions published during Dickens lifetime include the Library Edition: a high quality set published without illustrations in 1858/59. Bookplate, owner signatures. List of mistakes and corrections noted after printing, often compiled on a separate sheet or slip and inserted into the text block. A Christmas Carol “may readily be called the Bible of Christmas… It was issued about ten days before Christmas, 1843, and 6000 copies were sold on the first day… the number of reprintings have been so many that all attempts at the figures have been futile. They were released on December 19, 1843 in London, England, by publishers Chapman... See full answer below. Parts 1 to 4 (appearing between 5 November 1836 and 20 September 1837) precede the first book edition in London, which was published by Chapman and Hall on 17 November 1837. Process by which the contents of a book are inspected for completeness, checking against internal evidence, the table of contents and/or plate list, and reference works. A Christmas Carol (In Prose. DICKENS, CHARLES. Readily stretched (“straight-grain”), crushed (flattened smooth), tooled in gilt or blind, inlaid with leathers of different colors. © Copyright 2021, Bauman Rare Books | Privacy Policy | Accessibility, © Copyright 2021 Bauman Rare Books Privacy PolicyAccessibility. B & B Rare Books, Ltd. 165 Madison Avenue, Suite 500 New York, NY 10016 (646) 652-6766 info@bbrarebooks.com Of particular value to collectors as evidence of a very early form of the book. Typically early printed books and especially manuscripts. ), FIRST EDITION, Todd's first impression, first issue, with 14-15mm. Published by Chapman and Hall on 19 December 1843, A Christmas Carol was an immediate success with the public, selling out its initial print run of 6,000 copies by Christmas Eve. A Christmas carol offered for sale by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts. Print run / photo credit: Lisa Clarke / Flickr small-press poetry publishers $99.99. Even though the first run of 6000 copies sold out within two weeks, profits were disappointing. The CHARLES DICKENS FIRST PRINTING LOT consists of two First State Printings: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, 1843, and THE CHIMES, 1845: A CHRISTMAS CAROL First Edition, First State Printing, 1843. Print-run from a single setting of type without substantial change. A-C, for example, would indicate a quarto volume composed of three signatures or gatherings of eight pages each for a total of 24 pages. Sadly, A Christmas Carol wasn’t the moneymaker that Dickens hoped it would be. by Darrell Van Citters | Oct 29, 2020. A group of books issued by the publisher as a discrete unit. 12mo (162 x 99mm. Not uncommon in older, larger books, it is not considered a defect, so long as all integral leaves are present. 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. First edition, first issue of this Christmas classic, with four hand-colored steel-engraved plates by John Leech, the only one of Dickens’ first editions to contain hand-colored illustrations. DICKENS, Charles. A Christmas Carol in Prose. Did you know… A Christmas Carol was first published on December 19, 1843, with the first edition … “Suddenly conceived and written within a few weeks, [A Christmas Carol] was the first of Dickens’ Christmas books (a new literary genre thus created incidentally)… it was an extraordinary achievement—the one great Christmas myth of modern literature.” The publication history of A Christmas Carol is bibliographically complex. When feasible the binder may preserve the original spine and affix it to the new material, described as “rebacked with the original spine laid down.”. There were 6,000 copies of the first edition of A Christmas Carol. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. For the initial run of A Christmas Carol, Dickens proposed an unheard-of offer--that he would pay for the cost of publishing the first edition, but that he would keep all of the profits.

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