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

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

Christmas literature, Victorian fiction, social commentary

A novella by Charles Dickens, The Chimes was published in 1845 as the second of his Christmas books. This edition was published in London by Chapman and Hall. The book contains 175 pages, with two engraved plates, one of which serves as an additional title page. This engraved title page exists in two states, distinguished by the placement of the publisher’s name. The Sevier copy 1, a gift from Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg, is in state 2. Sevier copy 2 and the Rand copy are in state 1. Sevier copy 2 is housed in a calfskin dust jacket. Sevier copy 2 and the Rand copy are bound together with four other volumes in a red box titled Christmas Books.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Vanderbilt University Library Catalog

London : Chapman and Hall, 1845.

1845

Bound with Christmas Books (Sevier copy 2)

175 p., [2] leaves of plates : front., ill. ; 17 cm.

English

Book

LC : 06032874
OCLC : (OCoLC)00556548

19th-century England