The Chimes: a Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In.

First edition, first issue. With thirteen illustrations. 8vo. [8], 175, [1] pp. Original red cloth, spine and front board decorated and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. London, Chapman and Hall. 

The second of Dickens’ Christmas books. Dickens was particularly pleased with the novella, writing to Thomas Milton: “I believe I have written a tremendous book, and knocked the ‘Carol’ out of the field.” 

A good copy, head and tail caps gently rolled, a few marks to boards and spine. With some repair work evident, with new endpapers. 

Walter E. Smith, Charles Dickens in Original Cloth Part 2. 5. 

Stock Code: 241226