The Chimes:. A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In [Fine Binding]
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. First State, First Edition/Fine Binding. Hardcover. Very Good. First State, First Edition/Fine Binding. Hardcover. Illustrated by Richard Doyle, John Leech, Daniel Maclise, and Clarkson Stanfield. First state of the vignette title page and scarce as such. (Smith II pp 30-36; Gimbel A86; Carr B386). Overall, a very handsome copy of this classic, noted repair at title page notwithstanding. Minor shelf/edge wear, professionally repaired flaw at the title page, rebound (signed binding by Canape), discrete owner's plate at front paste-down, else tight, bright and unmarred. Full blue leather binding, five raised bands, gilt lettering and decorative elements, frontispiece, aeg. 12mo. 175pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
Synopsis
A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang An Old Year Out and A New Year In.
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- Bookseller
- Lux Mentis, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5948
- Title
- The Chimes:. A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In [Fine Binding]
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First State, First Edition/Fine Binding
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1845
- Keywords
- Fiction | Fine Press-Fine Binding-Limited Editions
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About the Seller
Lux Mentis, Booksellers
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Portland, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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