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- ...that A Christmas Carol sold over six thousand copies in one week?(Pictured)
- ...that the Book of Revelation 21:21 describes the city of New Jerusalem as having streets "made of pure gold, clear as crystal" ?
- ...that the early nineteenth century, books were hand-bound using heavy materials such as wood, leather, gold, silver and jewels?