Hard Times. A Novel.
by DICKENS, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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East Woodstock, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1854. Second Harper edition, but First American edition to be bound in cloth (preceded by the McElrath and Harper wrappers editions). Octavo, original publisher's blind stamped blue cloth, gilt lettered. See Charles Dickens First American Editions by Walter E. Smith, page 329 for full description of this edition. Good only copy of a very scarce book with moderate wear, covers darkened and slightly warped.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40590
- Title
- Hard Times. A Novel.
- Author
- DICKENS, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1854
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
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East Woodstock, Connecticut
About Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
For the past many years this firm has strived to provide a large, high quality, and diverse collection of mostly fiction published primarily before the Second World War and with their original dustjackets. Our specialties include Photoplay Editions, Mysteries, Fantasy Literature, Plays, Romances, Westerns, Hollywood Interest, and Business Fiction. We also have a large collection of Cocktail Recipe Books, Children's Literature and 19th Century Literature. We pride ourselves on providing accurately described, high grade, and difficult to locate titles in these fiction genres.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
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