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Dickens, Charles. The Chimes. Pears, 1912.
Price: US$8.38 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Pears Centenary edition. Illustrated in black and white. Picture onlay from front cover has been lost.
Seller: The Children's Bookshop, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
Price: US$14.17 + shipping
Description: Half title, front. & illus. Orig. tan sand-grained cloth with oval col. onlay on front board, lettered in gilt; a little dulled & marked. With an introduction by Clement Shorter.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$16.11 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Green illustrated boards, gilt also to spine. Front board bumped st top. Some gentle shelf wear. Please contact us for pictures and/or further details – only too pleased to help!
Seller: A Book Is Forever, Pershore, United Kingdom
Price: US$18.69 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pears, London, 1912. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.32 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover bound in pictorial cloth covered boards with decorative cameo portrait, gilt decoration, trim and lettering to the boards. Includes thirty illustrations by Charles Green and an introduction by Clement Shorter. Two-page advertisement at the end of the text for Pears Soap. Large portion of spine covering missing. Spine is tanned and split at rear hinge, board corners lightly rubbed, endpapers lightly foxed. Internally, pages are clean apart from some minor marks in margins of pages 32 and 33, both text and illustrations are bright and clear throughout. AD
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom
Price: US$21.24 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Illustrated by Charles Green. Previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.
Seller: M Godding Books Ltd, Devizes, WILTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$28.34 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of the 5 Charming Pears' Centenary Editions of Dickens' Christmas Books. In original tan sand-grained cloth boards with bright gilt titling to both the spine and front cover, and an inlaid colour portrait of Pears' signature 'Bubbles' portrait to the centre of the front cover, with decorative black borders. The base colour to the spine is slightly faded as usual but the titling is still bright. The page fore-edges have some light foxing (very pale tan spots) but as the whole book is printed on quality paper these don't affect the inside. NO date but as the 'Centenary' Edition it has to be 1912. Internally Pears Advert Pastedowns in red/white and black. A b/w leaf advertising the 5 Christmas books (lightly spotted) , followed by the half title. Full page b/w Frontispiece. Illustrated Title page. 144pp. The rear free endpaper has 2 b/w pictorial Pears Adverts - one being the full Pears version of Millais' 'Bubbles'. Illustrated throughout in b/w. Contains 30 illustrations from original drawings by charles Green R. I. With an introduction by Clement Shorter. NO INscriptions or major marks - very clean, tight and bright. One of Dickens's lesser-known works, originally published in 1846, but as is typical with Dickens, the ending is a happy one. See Images. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Sue Lloyd-Davies Books, CARMARTHEN, United Kingdom
Price: US$29.56 + shipping
Description: 140pp. Square 8vo. Original green cloth, spine canted, some flecking and light marking to upper panel. Black and white plates and illustrations throughout. Foxing to endpapers and edges. A very good copy.
Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia
Charles Dickens. The Chimes: A Goblin Story. The Pears Centenary Edition. A. & F. Pears, UK, 1912.
Price: US$32.07 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NO JACKET. Hardback. Bright gilt lettering on the spine & covers. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Flat pages. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref O3366. The Chimes: A Goblin Story by Charles Dickens The Pears Centenary Edition. Illustrations by Charles Green
Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$37.70 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pears Centenary Edition Of Dickens. This Is One Of Five Books Published By Pears In 1912. Green Cloth Covered Boards With Bright Gilt Title On The Front And Slightly Faded On The Spine. 22 Illustrations By L Rossi. Embossed Intricate Decorative Frame Surrounding A Paste Down Vignette Of A 'Pears Child' .The Half Title Page Is Foxed However The Details Are Still Clear. The Front Board Is Cracked Along The Gutter But The Board Is Still Well Attached.The Rest Of The Book Is Very Clean Including The Title Page And Frontispiece. The Boards Are Bumped At The Edges And The Spine Ends Are Also A Little Frayed With A 3Cm Split At The Top Front Spine. Very Small Stain On The Spine Near The Tail.
Seller: Westside Stories, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Price: US$49.01 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pears Centenary Edition Of Dickens. This Is One Of Five Books Published By Pears In 1912. Tan Cloth Covered Boards With Bright Gilt Title On The Front And Slightly Faded On The Spine. 29 Illustrations By Charles Green. Embossed Intricate Decorative Frame Surrounding A Paste Down Vignette Of A 'Pears Child' .The Half Title Page Is Very Lightly Foxed , Pencilled Inscription At The Top Of The Page.The Rest Of The Book Is Very Clean Including The Title Page And Frontispiece. The Boards Are Bumped At The Edges And The Spine Ends Are Also A Little Frayed. Small Dent On The Top Half Of The Spine.
Seller: Westside Stories, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Price: US$52.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition hardback in decorated cloth Nice copy small quarto 140pp., b/w plates, Nice copy in green boards with a colour vignette tipped into front board & with bright gilt titles
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Charles Dickens. A Cricket on the Hearth. A F Pears, UK, 1912.
Price: US$61.84 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition 1912. Pears centenary Edition of Charles Dickens Christmas Books. 22 illustrations in the text by L Rossi. Nice production quality with elaborate embossing to boards and spine. Book is very good+ and in bright condition. Contents good. Edges lightly rubbed.Front endpaper darkened. More images can be taken upon request. Ref14764
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom
Price: US$122.38 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A Centenary Edition, Endpapers illustrated with Vignette Portrait of Dickens with the Dates 1812, 1912. Beautifully illustrated with Tipped In Coloured Reproductions from Original Drawings by Fred Barnard ( Frontispieces and some other Plates with Captioned Tissue Guards ), and B&W In Text Drawings and some Monochrome Plates by Charles Pears. 30 Volumes were published and this part set contains 21. Title are: Martin Chuzzlewit (2 Vols); Old Curiosity Shop; Bleak House (2 Vols); Little Dorrit (2 Vols); Christmas Stories; Reprinted Pieces; Our Mutual Friend (2 Vols); Hard Times; Child's History of England; Edwin Drood; Barnaby Rudge; Oliver Twist; A Tale if Two Cities; American Notes; The Uncommercial Traveller; Sketches by Boz; Dombey & Son (Vol 2 Only). Blue cloth cover with blind stamp Monogram & Wreath Motifs on fronts & backs. Gilt Lettering & Decoration to spines. Page edges untrimmed. 8" Tall. Colour on most spines faded and some other patchy fading. Half the cloth worn away on one spine and a few smaller patches worn on 2 other books. Oliver Twist vol. has bumped corners. No inscriptions. Hinges sound and text blocks firm. Uncut pages on some vols so some books are unread. The 21 Vols weigh 8.3 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like more Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
Price: US$127.54 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A most presentable set of the five volumes in different coloured decorative covers (as issued). Minor spotting. Set is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY (GB 2024 £8) Packed weight 2400g.
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
Price: US$177.78 + shipping
Description: Series titles, fronts, engr. titles, plates; one plate in The Chimes with neat repair to inner margin. Each vol. is bound in a different coloured cloth, uniformly blocked in gilt & black, colour onlays on front boards; spine a little dulled & sl. rubbed on A Christmas Carol, head of spine on A Haunted Man with repaired tear. All the volumes contain 'about thirty illustrations from original drawings by Charles Green', apart from The Cricket on the Hearth, which contains 22 illustrations from original drawings by L. Rossi.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$251.21 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: FIRST PAGE STATES: Pears' Centenary Edition OF Charles Dickens' Christmas Books - - - A CHRISTMAS CAROL - THE CHIMES - THE HAUNTED MAN - THE BATTLE OF LIFE - Each contains about thirty illustrations from original drawings - By Charles Green, R.I. and THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. - With twenty-two illustrations from original drawings - by L. Rossi. With an introduction to each by CLEMENT SHORTER. - Full title page: The Cricket on the Hearth By Charles Dickens - Illustrated by L. Rossi THE PEARS’ CENTENARY EDITION - Published by: A&F Pears Ltd. - Oxford Street – London W.C. - There was the only ever printing - First Edition & First Printing CONDITION: Green coloured cloth boards with ornamental decoration to the front board and Gold/Gilt lettering to the spine. Beautifully clean. Small vignette of Victorian Boy in the centre of the front board. Light chipping around the right hand edge. Decorated end-page front and rear are in a beautiful clean condition. 140 pages - few soil marks to page edges. Beautifully illustrated throughout. - E N D - Thanks for looking and hope you want to buy. - Rapid dispatch [same day if possible, or as soon as.
Seller: Modern_First_Printings, EAST SUSSEX, United Kingdom
Price: US$289.86 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION SET BY PEARS, ALL HARDBACKS BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL DECORATED CLOTH BINDINGS, NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS AMONG TEXT & FULL PAGE. EACH BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES. MINOR WEAR AT TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINES WITH FEW MARKS TO CLOTH COVERS MOSTLY ON THE CHRISTMAS CAROL, ALL FRONT HINGES COCKED SLIGHTLY FORWARD, CORNERS BUMPED, OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING MOSTLY TO TITLE PAGES. OVERALL VERY GOOD WITH MAJORITY OF PAGES CLEAN. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$377.03 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIVE VOLUMES of the famous of Dickens' Christmas stories. All five volumes are similarly bound in pictorial cloth covered boards with decorative cameo portraits, gilt decoration, trim and lettering to the boards. Each volume has thirty illustrations by Charles Green. Each has an introduction by Clement Shorter. Each has a two-page advertisement at the end of the text for Pears Soap. 'A Christmas Carol' is bound in pictorial red cloth covered boards, 'The Chimes' is bound in blue cloth, 'The Battle For Life' in rust coloured cloth. 'The Cricket on The Hearth' is in green cloth. And 'The Haunted Man' in a blue-green coloured cloth. The complete five-volume set published under the general title 'Pears Centenary Edition of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books'. All volumes are very good with light wear to the boards and light toning to the title pages. The boards of 'The Battle of Life' have a cant.
Seller: MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS, UXBRIDGE, ON, Canada
Price: US$438.01 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition 1912. Pears centenary Edition of Charles Dickens Christmas Books. Includes separate volumes for A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket On the Hearth, The Battle of Life, The Haunted Man. Illustrations in the text by Charles Green. Nice production quality with elaborate embossing to boards and spine. Books are very good++ and in bright condition. Contents very good. Edges lightly rubbed. A nice set. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16623
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom
Price: US$537.44 + shipping
Description: 5 volumes. The battle of life ; The chimes ; The cricket on the hearth ; A Christmas carol ; The haunted man. All in very good condition except for The haunted man has some marks to the cover, otherwise clean and tight with all illustrations.
Seller: Rainy Day Books (Australia), The Basin, VIC, Australia
Price: US$900.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Lovely set of all five Christmas books, published by the Pears Soap Company in honour of Dickens' centenary. The first four titles, variously, have twenty-seven illustrations (A Christmas Carol), thirty illustrations (The Chimes and The Haunted Man), and twenty-nine illustrations (The Battle of Life), all from original drawings by Charles Green. The fifth title, The Cricket on the Hearth, has twenty-two illustrations from original drawings by L. Rossi. All volumes are bound in attractive coloured cloth (variously red, blue, light brown, moss green, light green) with gilt lettering. Front covers feature a uniform cameo of an angelic, beautifully dressed young boy with a lovely complexion, doubtless due to regular use of Pears. Advertisements for Pears soap on final pages. End-papers bear elaborate Pears trademark and logo with prominent mention, "By Appointment to Their Majesties The King & Queen". A lovely set with the following minor flaws: A Christmas Carol: Very Good with rear inner hinge starting to go and minor foxing to outer pages. The Chimes: Near Fine to Fine. The Haunted Man: Near Fine with insignificant foxing to outer pages. The Battle of Life: Very Good with overall minor fading. The Cricket on the Hearth: Very Good with rubbing to gilt on the word "books" on the front cover, and to the letters C in Charles and P in Pears. The front inner hinge is starting to go and there is minor foxing to outer pages. It is difficult to find these books as a set and in such generally excellent condition. Introduction by Clement Shorter.
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books , Toronto, ON, Canada