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Lot Description

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Hard Times. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854.

8vo (191 x 123 mm). (Occasional spotting throughout.) Original cloth(sunning to spine, rubbing, toning, some staining to page edges); custom folding case. Provenance: Unidentified bookplate.

FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE IN ORIGINAL CLOTH with 5 shilling price gilt-stamped on spine. Hard Times, Dickens's tenth novel, was first serialized in Household Words in 1854. One of two novels by Dickens without illustrations, the other being Great Expectations. Smith I:11; Sadleir 689; Gimbel A136.

Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie

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