The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Ring an Old Year Out and a New Year In. By Charles Dickens. London: Chapman and Hall, MDCCCXLV (1845).
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Bound by Morrell, Binder, London.
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First Edition Points (as mentioned in Smith II.): (All Present)
- Unnumbered pages with no headlines: pp.49, 55, 88, 92, 125, and 135.
- pp.72, line 8, period after "master".
- pp.125 & 174, type loose in the last five lines.
- pp.149, 4 lines up, "him" loose.
- pp. 166, line 1, h in "mother" printed incorrectly with top part missing.
- pp.170, line 7, & pp.171, 2 lines up, some words closely spaced.
Second State Title:
- vignette title page the publisher, "Chapman and Hall" is centred below the names of artists and engravers at the foot.
Size: 108 x 166 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[(2), 1ff. (advertisement), half title, frontis, vignette title, t.p., 1ff. (list of illustrations), 175pp., 1pp., 2ff. (original cloth binding), (2)].
Full brown calf with red and brown tooled labels in compartments to the spine between raised bands, other compartments with decorative gilt. Binding lightly rubbed and scuffed. Both boards attached with joints starting and hinges cracked, a little fragile. Shelf and edge wear. All page edges gilt with minor scratches. Binder's stamp to the reverso of the ffep. Text block extremely clean with light edge toning and occasional foxing.
[Smith II., 5].
