Charles Dickens — Hard Times. For These Times

London, Bradbury and Evans , 1854. First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' 'Hard Times', his only novel set outside of London. Bound in half calf. First edition in book form, [Eckel, pp. 140-141]. With all but one of the internal issue points listed by Smith for the first state [pp. 87-88], with pp. 122, last line, spacing in second "she" fixed. First published as a serial in Dickens' weekly publication, Household Words. Bound in half calf, with marbled boards and endpapers. Bound with half title. Unlike Dickens' other novels in several ways, Hard Times has neither a preface nor illustrations and is his only novel without scenes set in London, set instead in the fictitious Victorian industrial town of Coketown.A classic Dickens novel shedding light on the harsh indictment of Victorian industrial practices. Bound in half calf, with marbled boards. Externally, smart, with moderate rubbing to the spine and board corners. Fading to marbled boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with a few scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .