The Chimes - UK 1st/1st
1845
First UK edition first impression with the publishers name on the border of the title page vignette. There is a previous owner inscription to the front endpage, other pages clean, binding firm, the boards have some very minor wear, the gold gilt is vibrant and unblemished, please see pics.
About
The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In, commonly referred to as The Chimes, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in 1844, one year after A Christmas Carol. It is the second in his series of "Christmas books", five novellas with strong social and moral messages that he published during the 1840s. In addition to A Christmas Carol and The Chimes, the Christmas books include The Cricket on the Hearth (1845), The Battle of Life (1846), and The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain (1848).