A Christmas carol, in prose: being a ghost story of Christmas, [Author's personal prompt copy]

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Description
The only prompt copy Dickens used during his sixteen years of publicly reading A Christmas Carol.
Names
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 (Author)
Leech, John, 1817-1864 (Illustrator)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1849 - 1859 (Questionable)
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: [uncataloged]
Topics
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Christmas carol
Genres
Books
Promptbooks
Illustrations
Notes
Ownership: Charles Dickens (bookplate on front pastedown)
Date: Content publication: London : Bradbury and Evans, 1843 (Twelfth edition). 5th blank page includes dates of 1859 provincial reading tour.
Content: Includes four illustrations by John Leech on numbered pages 37, 73, 119, and 164
Physical Description
Extent: [14], 166, [9] pages : 4 illustrations
Includes annotations by Dickens
Type of Resource
Text
Still image
Identifiers
Other local Identifier: [uncataloged]
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e1951b10-d507-0136-fa03-60f81dd2b63c
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