I almost put the entire lot into the recycling, but noticed this one, thankfully. Neil added: “A lady handed in a carrier bag of mainly tatty late Victorian fiction most of which was falling apart.

The book was handed into the store earlier this year. The previous highest priced item in my time here was an 1832 hand-coloured map of London, which was sold in the shop for £800.”Ĭlick here for more news and sport from the Stirling area. It’s certainly the most amount of money received for an item since I started here five years ago. “I think it may be a once-in-a-lifetime donation. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Contains the original, magical designs by John Leech that were commissioned by Dickens himself for the first edition.

May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Oxfam Stirling books and music manager Neil Paterson said: “The hammer price was £3400, but the buyer paid £4284 after commission and fees. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. The storys protagonist is a hardhearted miser named Ebenezer Scrooge whose only interest is making money. It is divided into five chapters, which in keeping with the musical theme of the books title, are called staves. A Christmas Carol is an 1843 novella by Charles Dickens.

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The first edition donated to the Stirling store was in a rather worn condition and expected to reach between £600 to £800, but store staff were delighted when it fetched £3400. The festive ghost story involving the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge has become a much-loved and celebrated tale appreciated by all generations.

The book, published in 1843, had been among a clutch of Victorian fiction handed in to Oxfam Books and Music in Murray Place It went up for auction at Lyon and Turnbull in Edinburgh last Wednesday. View this item and discover similar for sale at 1stDibs - Author: DICKENS, Charles. A rare first edition of Charles Dickens’ classic tale ‘A Christmas Carol’ has netted a Stirling charity shop more than £3000.

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