Dickens (Charles) Hard Times, first edition in book form, original

Dickens (Charles) Hard Times. For These Hard Times, first edition in book form, first issue, half-title, [?]George Fothergill's ink stamp to front free endpaper, small ink sketch of a dog on dedication p., occasional spotting, mainly to endpapers and fore-edge, light browning to endpapers, original first state olive green moiré cloth, priced 5/- at foot of spine, usual light sunning to spine and fading to cover margins, light bumping to spine ends and corners, still an excellent example overall, [Eckel p.131; Smith I. 11], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1854. *** This copy with comma after "her" on page 60 line 10 and no quotes at beginning of page 265 line 21; the rest of Smith's textual errors corrected. The sheets with the varying states were bound at random and the points do not have bearing on priority of issue.

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