Author: Charles Dickens
Title: Hard Times for These Times
Description: New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1966. Cloth. A limited edition of Charles Dickens' unusual novel 'Hard Times', his only novel not to be set in London. Illustrated and signed by the illustrator, Charles Raymond. A limited edition work, limited to fifteen hundred copies, of which this is numbered one-thousand three-hundred and eighty-one.Signed by the illustrator to the limitation page.In the original slipcase. Slipcase in a very good indeed condition.'Hard Times' is Dickens' tenth novel, unusual from his others in its short length, and for not having scenes set in London. The satirical novel is instead set in the fictitious industrial mill-town Coketown.Dickens wrote this serialised novel hoping to boost the sales of his periodical 'Household Words', which it indeed did.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and fourteen plates.Collated, complete.Dickens is one of the most popular authors of the Victorian age. His novels show the grimy side of poverty and prosperity in Victorian England, showing poor social conditions alongside repulsive characters.Illustrated by Charles Raymond. This novel was originally published without illustrations in 1854.With an introduction by John T. Winterich In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards, in the original slipcase. Externally, fine. Slipcase is very good indeed with some minor marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Slipcase in a very good indeed condition. Fine . Ill.: Charles Raymond. Fine .
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Title: Hard Times for These Times
Description: New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1966. Cloth. A limited edition of Charles Dickens' unusual novel 'Hard Times', his only novel not to be set in London. Illustrated and signed by the illustrator, Charles Raymond. A limited edition work, limited to fifteen hundred copies, of which this is numbered one-thousand three-hundred and eighty-one.Signed by the illustrator to the limitation page.In the original slipcase. Slipcase in a very good indeed condition.'Hard Times' is Dickens' tenth novel, unusual from his others in its short length, and for not having scenes set in London. The satirical novel is instead set in the fictitious industrial mill-town Coketown.Dickens wrote this serialised novel hoping to boost the sales of his periodical 'Household Words', which it indeed did.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and fourteen plates.Collated, complete.Dickens is one of the most popular authors of the Victorian age. His novels show the grimy side of poverty and prosperity in Victorian England, showing poor social conditions alongside repulsive characters.Illustrated by Charles Raymond. This novel was originally published without illustrations in 1854.With an introduction by John T. Winterich In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards, in the original slipcase. Externally, fine. Slipcase is very good indeed with some minor marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Slipcase in a very good indeed condition. Fine . Ill.: Charles Raymond. Fine .
Keywords: Hard Times For These Times Hard Times charles dickens dickens Hard Times charles raymond limited edition Charles Raymond
Price: GBP 150.00 = appr. US$ 214.20 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 749P58
- Book number: 749P58
See more books from our catalog: English Literature Pre 1900