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Title: Why Chas. Dickens instead of Charles Dickens?
Post by: kdj on June 29, 2013, 06:41:32 AM

Hello,
My book, A Childs History of England, has Chas. Dickens on the cover and Charles Dickens on the title page. Why was Chas. Dickens used on the cover of the book? Also, there is no copyright or publishing date. The publisher is M.A. Donohue, Chicago. So far, I have not found a copy of it on the usual book selling sites.
Thank you!

Title: Re: Why Chas. Dickens instead of Charles Dickens?
Post by: Packman on June 29, 2013, 07:48:50 AM

Check the abaa.com website if you haven't already. They had a few, but they were all different publishers.

That website is very reputable. I would email one of the ones selling a similar one and ask them about yours.

Title: Re: Why Chas. Dickens instead of Charles Dickens?
Post by: Packman on June 29, 2013, 07:58:30 AM

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?ds=30&fe=on&kn=Donohue&tn=child%27s+history+england

Check out the link above.

Title: Re: Why Chas. Dickens instead of Charles Dickens?
Post by: Ipcress on June 29, 2013, 09:25:55 AM

Chas is a shortened version of Charles, like Chuck, and features on some of his works.

Yours looks like an early 20th century reprint. Worth very little.

Title: Re: Why Chas. Dickens instead of Charles Dickens?
Post by: rockandrollrods on June 29, 2013, 10:10:59 PM

Have we ruled out the possibility that Sonny and Cher had a son no one has heard about?

Title: Re: Why Chas. Dickens instead of Charles Dickens?
Post by: mart on June 30, 2013, 09:34:40 AM

Not yet !!   :D

Title: Re: Why Chas. Dickens instead of Charles Dickens?
Post by: rockandrollrods on June 30, 2013, 12:14:49 PM

So I may be onto something...

Title: Re: Why Chas. Dickens instead of Charles Dickens?
Post by: mart on June 30, 2013, 01:03:40 PM

Could be !!