Dickens, Hard Times, 1854, first edition in book form

DICKENS, CHARLES

Hard Times. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854

8vo (191 by 121mm.), FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, half-title, publisher’s light olive green moire horizontally-ribbed cloth, covers with two line and internal ornamental rectangular frame blind-stamped borders, spine in gilt with decorations in blind, yellow endpapers, collector’s green cloth slipcase, spine slightly browned with head and foot bumped, some spotting to covers, upper hinge split

A fine copy with the text on pages 12, 16, 86, 108, 122, 147, 244 in a corrected state and the text on pages 60, 231 and 265 in an uncorrected state.

REFERENCE:

Smith I: 11

PROVENANCE:

Mary A. Blackburn, contemporary ownership signature dated December 1854