THE CHIMES: A GOBLIN STORY OF SOME BELLS THAT RANG AN OLD YEAR OUT & A NEW YEAR IN
by Dickens, Charles
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Phila: Lea & Blanchard, 1845. 1st Amer. ed. (Harper published a New York ed. the same year, priority unknown). 12mo. Illustrated. Orig. gilt-stamped blue cloth. Text block foxed, a few leaves severely. Plates clean save for a few spots. A woman's ownership signature.
Synopsis
A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang An Old Year Out and A New Year In.
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- Bookseller
- Bartlebys Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21163
- Title
- THE CHIMES: A GOBLIN STORY OF SOME BELLS THAT RANG AN OLD YEAR OUT & A NEW YEAR IN
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lea & Blanchard
- Place of Publication
- Phila
- Date Published
- 1845
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