The Chimes: Pears Centenary Edition of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hardback, Very nice blue pebbled/textured cloth with decorative black paneling to front with coloured vignette plate of a small boy in centre of front cover, with gilt lettering to spine and front. In very good condition. Corners slightly bumped, rear top corner slightly rubbed at edge. Cover clean and smart. Some minor darkening and minor foxing to free endpapers. Inside pages all very clean and tight (bright semi-gloss type paper) Illustrated with 22 B&W illustrations from original drawings by L. Rossi
Synopsis
A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang An Old Year Out and A New Year In.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lansdowne Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 180
- Title
- The Chimes
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Illustrator
- L. Rossi
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A.&F. Pears, LTD
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- (n.d.). ca. 1912, 1912
- Pages
- 147pp.
- Size
- Tall 8vo. Approx 8 x 6 inches.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Literature; Children's Books; First Edition; Fiction; Classic; collectible;
Terms of Sale
Lansdowne Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Lansdowne Books
Biblio member since 2018
Port Fairy, Victoria
About Lansdowne Books
Lansdowne Books is an independent online store specialising in Antiquarian and Quality Secondhand books. We are based in regional Victoria and offer our collection from around the world. It is possible to collect items from Port Fairy, Victoria Australia.
Glossary
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...