I have here for sale a book entitled THE CHIMES A GOBLIN STORY OF SOME BELLS THAT RANG AN OLD YEAR OUT AND A NEW YEAR IN by CHARLES DICKENS. This third edition was published in 1845 ( the same year as the first edition), by CHAPMAN AND HALL, London. With attractive frontispiece and title vignette, and illustrations through the text.

After the success attained with A Christmas Carol in 1843 Charles Dickens continued the series throughout the 1840s, maintaining what he called "the Carol philosophy" (Letters, 1974, v. 4, p. 328) to strike a "sledgehammer blow" for the poor, uneducated, and repressed (Ackroyd, 1990, p. 408). In typical Dickens fashion he drove his message home with a mixture of humor and good cheer. 

Written while Charles Dickens and his family were living in Genoa, Italy, Dickens confessed that he missed the inspiration of the London streets. The story centers around Trotty Veck, a poor ticket porter, whose outlook is converted from despair to hope by the spirits of the chimes on New Year's Eve.

The Chimes is more topical than A Christmas Carol, citing social problems more specific to the 1840s, it therefore lost some of its relevance after the initial release.

Provenance: Bookplate of Mr. George Jacob Bosanquet was the eldest son of Mr. Jacob Bosanquet, a director of the East India Company.

Nicely bound in original red linen boards. Gilt title lettering on the front board along with gilt illustration. Gilt title lettering on the spine. Embossed patterning on the boards. Board corners are bumped a little.  Boards a little age soiled. Gilt fore-edges. Foxing on the engraved frontispiece, title vignette and title page, the other pages are clean and bright. This book is in very good condition, tightly bound with no loose or missing pages 175pp 18cm x 12cm.

Postage and packing : I know that you will be looking forward to receiving your order, each book is carefully wrapped in packing paper ( I have changed from bubble wrap to try and reduce my use of plastic) and posted in a Jiffy bag if size permitting, if not it is double wrapped in corrugated cardboard, brown paper and then securely taped. 

To keep the cost of the postage down to the most economical level per book, you may consider buying more than 1 item from my eBay account. You can then request a combined postage cost and I will combine the items into the fewest parcels as possible - saving you money :)

 

My main posting days are Monday and Thursday ie. If you place an order and payment is received after Thursday 12.00 noon your order will be posted out on Monday. 

If you place an order and payment is received after Monday 12.00 noon your order will be posted out Thursday morning. If you require your book urgently please contact me and I will do my best. :)

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