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DICKENS (CHARLES) The Chimes: A Goblin Story, FIRST EDITION, Chapman & Hall, 1845 [1844]
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The Chimes: A Goblin Story, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece and additional title (first state) after Maclise, wood-engraved illustrations by Doyle, Leech and Stanfield, advertisement for tenth edition of A Christmas Carol at beginning, slight foxing to frontispiece and engraved title, publisher's red vertically-ribbed cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, g.e., housed in green watered silk chemise and dark green morocco pull-off case with ornate gilt panelled spine [Smith II:5], 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1845 [1844]
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VERY FINE COPY of the first edition of Dickens' second Christmas Book, issued following the huge success of A Christmas Carol the year before.
Provenance: Helen S. Armstrong and Dr A.C. Pfeifer, bookplates at front and rear respectively.

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