1845 Charles Dickens 1ed Chimes Christmas Books Classic Goblins RIVIERE Leather!

1845 Charles Dickens 1^ed Chimes Christmas Books Classic Goblins RIVIERE Leather!

“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 an impressive Riviere leather binding! Stunning! It also contains the bizarre double-page frontispiece with goblins and 13 engraved illustrations throughout.

Item number: #27569

Price: $750

DICKENS, Charles

The Chimes

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [6], 175, [3]
  • 13 illustrations (including frontispiece and title page)
• First edition point:
  • Advertisement for “A Christmas Carol… tenth edition” at the beginning
• References: Smith II:5
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Exquisite Riviere leather binding
• Size: ~6.75in X 4.5in (17cm x 11.5cm)

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