The chimes: A Goblin Story.
London.
Chapman and Hall, 1845.
First edition, first issue.
8vo.
[8], 175pp, [1]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked, cocked. Ticket of booksellers Grant, Milliken & Bolton of Dublin and later bookplate of S. K. Poole to FEP.
The second of the perennially popular Christmas books, published two years after the first appearance of A Christmas Carol (1843).
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref: 30823
