Note 71 — Chapter III
Reading edition
It may interest the reader, and be something of a curiosity of literature, if I give the expenses of the first edition of 6000, and of the 7000 more which constituted the five following editions, with the profit of the remaining 2000 which completed the sale of fifteen thousand:
CHRISTMAS CAROL.
1st Edition, 6000 No.
1843. £s.d.
Dec.Printing7429
Paper8920
Drawings and Engravings49180
Two Steel Plates140
Printing Plates15176
Paper for do7120
Colouring Plates12000
Binding18000
Incidents and Advertising16878
Commission9946
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£80585
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2nd to the 7th Edition, making 7000 Copies.
1844. £s.d.
Jan.Printing58180
Paper103190
Printing Plates17100
Paper8174
Colouring Plates14000
Binding199182
Incidents and Advertising8358
Commission1071810
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£72070
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