1845 Charles Dickens 1ed The Chimes Christmas Books Classic Literature Goblins

1845 Charles Dickens 1^ed The Chimes Christmas Books Classic Literature Goblins

“That I growed up a man and not a beast says something for me.”

– Charles Dickens, The Chimes

“The Chimes”, a short novel by Charles Dickens, was written and published in 1844, one year after “A Christmas Carol” and one year before “The Cricket on the Hearth”. It is the second in his series of “Christmas books”: five short books with strong social and moral messages that he published during the 1840s.

This first edition of “The Chimes” is bound in the original red cloth binding with a golden gilt inlay. It features a bizarre double page frontispiece with goblins. It also includes 13 engraved illustrations throughout.

Item number: #27197

Price: $599

DICKENS, Charles

The Chimes

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [8], 175, [1]
  • 13 illustrations
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
  • Red cloth
• Size: ~6.75in X 4.5in (17cm x 11cm)

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