The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain
1887; the last of Charles Dicken's Christmas Stories
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Reprint. Small hardback, bound in red cloth with gilt decoration to spine and gilt roundel and titling to upper board. 17.5 × 11cm, 188pp
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain was published in 1848 and was the last of Charles Dickens's Christmas stories. Continuing the theme from A Christmas Carol, it is a story of ghosts and redemption. The protagonist and chemist, Professor Redlaw is a haunted man. He is followed by a spectre who looks exactly like him. But what if he could get rid of all his sadness and despair? Redlaw strikes a ghostly bargain and suffers the consequences; is living without sorrow really worth it?
The 1887 editions of Dickens's Christmas Tales were published from a stereotype of the original editions.
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Fair, pretty much a reading copy only. There is a lean to the spine and rubbing to the corners. The spine is tanned, and the cloth faded and marked. The endpapers are foxed, finger-marks and spotted foxing to the pages and the rear hinge is cracking open. However, despite all that, it remains a readable copy!
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£25.00
