Hard Times – Charles Dickens
VG Paperback

Description

For sale: a Rare and Exceptional First Norton Critical Paperback Edition of Hard Times by Charles Dickens. First Norton Critical Paperback Edition unstated, 1966 Norton with 66-11307 LOC number and no ISBN. Fourth Printing with partial number line 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 and a $1.75 front cover price.

The exterior of this trade paperback edition is in Very Good condition, with clean, illustrated covers with no creases, clean page blocks, mild surface wear, faded title on a sunned spine, a tight binding with three spine cracks, rubbed spine edges and ends, moderate edge wear and rounded corners. The interior of the book is in Very Good condition with the previous owner’s name and crossed out address on the first free end paper, and no other marks, inscriptions, or signs of ownership. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.

Hard Times–Dickens’s shortest novel and one of his major triumphs–tells the tragic story of Louisa Gradgrind and her father and has had lasting appeal to generations of readers. This Norton Critical Edition includes Sylvère Monod’s superbly edited text, based on the 1854 edition and accompanied by Fred Kaplan’s expanded annotations.

Small volume ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.