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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 365147, member: 33"]And this one is a different sort of thing called a "manuscript edition." A facsimile publication of the manuscript of <i>A Christmas Carol</i> that is in the collection of the Morgan Library in New York City. <a href="http://books.wwnorton.com/books/A-Christmas-Carol-The-Original-Manuscript-Edition/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.wwnorton.com/books/A-Christmas-Carol-The-Original-Manuscript-Edition/" rel="nofollow">http://books.wwnorton.com/books/A-Christmas-Carol-The-Original-Manuscript-Edition/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So there is obviously more than one way this term has been used.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found that Internet Archive has a digitized version of the John Muir edition. This page describes its contents.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/writingsjohnmui01badgoog" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/writingsjohnmui01badgoog" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/writingsjohnmui01badgoog</a></p><p><br /></p><p>One more thing, and then I'll stop for a while. You asked about the bindings... it would not be unusual for more than one binding to be used, and for the sets to be sold for different prices. One of the Muir set I saw for sale seemed to indicate that it was a limited edition of 750 copies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 365147, member: 33"]And this one is a different sort of thing called a "manuscript edition." A facsimile publication of the manuscript of [I]A Christmas Carol[/I] that is in the collection of the Morgan Library in New York City. [URL]http://books.wwnorton.com/books/A-Christmas-Carol-The-Original-Manuscript-Edition/[/URL] So there is obviously more than one way this term has been used. I found that Internet Archive has a digitized version of the John Muir edition. This page describes its contents. [URL]https://archive.org/details/writingsjohnmui01badgoog[/URL] One more thing, and then I'll stop for a while. You asked about the bindings... it would not be unusual for more than one binding to be used, and for the sets to be sold for different prices. One of the Muir set I saw for sale seemed to indicate that it was a limited edition of 750 copies.[/QUOTE]
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