Lot 338
Dickens, Charles - 'THE CHIMES' IS IN ITS SECOND STATE
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Description
The chimes. London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. First edition, first issue, second state with 'Chapman and Hall' outside the engraved area, frontispiece and additional title by Maclise, illustrations, inscription dated Christmas 1844 on endpaper, hinges repaired, extremities slightly rubbed; [Idem] The cricket on the hearth. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First edition, frontispiece and additional title by Maclise, 2pp. advertisements at end, three inscriptions (dated 1845, 1880 and 1918) on front endpaper, lower joint spliting, head and tail of spine slightly rubbed; [Idem] The Battle of life. Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First edition, fourth issue, with 'A Love Story' within a scroll borne by Cupid on the vignette title page and no publisher's imprint, some spotting and soiling, new endpapers, rebacked; [Idem] The haunted man and the ghost's bargain. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First edition, lithographed frontispiece and additional title page after Tenniel, illustrations, a few light marks, spine repaired, new endpapers, all in publisher's red cloth gilt, g.e. (4)
Footnote
Note: Eckel p.121-134