Household Words
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$3,672.89A$3,305.60
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About This Item
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850-1859. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6.5". None. The complete first edition run of Charles Dickens' weekly magazine, with every issue from 1850-1859. The complete run of 'Household Words', the English weekly magazine edited by Charles Dickens. Issued every six months, these bi-annual volumes are all first editions. Complete in nineteen volumes, including every issue from 30th March, 1850 to 28th May, 1959. Rebound, with each volume retaining its original title page.Adorned with a motto from Shakespeare"s Henry V "Familiar in their Mouths as Household Words", Charles Dickens"s two-penny weekly magazine of original short fiction and social journalism was launched to widespread publicity on 30 March 1850, featuring no advertisements or illustrations.The publication contained a mix of short fiction and non-fiction, and serialised some popular works, including 'Cranford' and 'North and South' by Elizabeth Gaskell, and 'The Dead Secret' by Wilkie Collins'. The non-fiction has a focus on social matters; while the paper advertised itself as championing the causes of the working classes and the poor, it actually addressed itself primarily to middle class audiences. Of just under four-hundred contributors, around were women - Elizabeth Gaskell, Harriet Martineau, and Eliza Lynn Linton prominent amongst them - but the majority of the articles were written by a small group of male staff writers - W. H. Wills, Henry Morley, Wilkie Collins, and R. H. Horne - or by "regulars" whom Dickens trained to write in a recognisably 'Dickensian' manner, and who complied with their editor"s broadly liberal agenda. Rebound in a uniform full cloth binding, with volume numbers to spines. Externally, exceptionally smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned due to paper type, with the odd spot or mark throughout. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 788F15
- Title
- Household Words
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bradbury & Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1850-1859
- Size
- 9.5" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- Charles Dickens Journalism Short Fiction Magazine Journalism
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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