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Of "christmas carol" published in 1843. 6,000 copies. they sold out on christmas eve. it's a beautiful object finally bound gold lettering on front and spine. the first story that dickens published directly as a book rather than in serial form. the illustrations by john leech. the museum is currently showing the initial pencil sketches, first faint apparition of that wonderfully named miser, ebenezer scrooge. being dickens, our story is naturally a tale of two cities. new york is celebrating him this christmas with a special exhibition at the morgan library. >> this is the original manuscript ...
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