DICKENS, Charles. Hard Times. For These Times. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854.

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DICKENS, Charles. Hard Times. For These Times. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854.

8o (187 x 124 mm). Original green moiré cloth, ruled in blind on covers, gilt-lettered on spine (some pale spotting).

FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, IN THE FIRST BINDING. Hard Times was Dickens's tenth novel, first serialized in Household Words, 1 April-12 August 1854. It is the shortest of Dickens's novels and is the only novel besides Great Expectations that was published without illustrations. Sadleir 689; Smith I:11; Yale/Gimbel A136.

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