The Chimes: A Goblin Story Of Some Bells That Rang An Old Year Out And A New Year In
by DICKENS, Charles [1812-1870]
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Chapman And Hall, 1845 [1844]. First Edition, later issue, colon & commas lacking from imprint on verso of title, second state etched title. Smith II 5. Podeschi A86. Sadleir I 683. NCBEL III 810. Ray, The Illustrator And The Book In England From 1790 to 1914, 28. small 8vo. pp. 4 p.l., 175, [1]. with half-title & initial advert leaf. etched frontis. & title by E.P.Becker after D.Maclise & 11 wood-engraved text illus. by Groves, W.J.Linton, C.Gray, & Dalziel Brothers after designs by R.Doyle, J.Leech & C.Stanfield. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth, all edges gilt (bit of chipping to spine, repairs to spine ends, inner hinges cracked, some foxing to frontis. & title)
Synopsis
A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang An Old Year Out and A New Year In.
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- Bookseller
- D & E Lake Ltd. (ABAC, ILAB)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Chimes: A Goblin Story Of Some Bells That Rang An Old Year Out And A New Year In
- Author
- DICKENS, Charles [1812-1870]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition, later issue, colon & commas lacking from imprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Chapman And Hall, 1845 [1844]
- Keywords
- English-Literature Illustrated
- Bookseller catalogs
- English-Literature;
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D & E Lake Ltd. (ABAC, ILAB)
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