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New York, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1860. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. fair+. Though these pieces have been gathered from Charles Dickens's Household Words, his name is not presented, likely because of copyright issues. Octavo, 8" tall, viii + 467 pages + 12 ads, decorative brown cloth. A fair plus hard cover reading copy only, shelf worn with boards exposed at edges, back strip significantly chipped with a 1' portion missing; interior very good (minus), hinges and binding sturdy, paper lightly yellowed with a little scattered foxing and a 1" blank section (likely a previous owner's name) cut from the top corner of the title page.

Chapman and Hall, London, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is sound. This copy is signed by W. H. Wills, with an erased inscription on the title page. Half gilt-stamped black leather with marbled paper over boards, marbled text block and end papers, (vi), 437 pages. Covers worn, especially at corners and spine ends, pencil marks on Table of Contents, hinges beginning to crack. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 12 oz. Category: Fiction; Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 012753. .

OLD LEAVES: GATHERED FROM HOUSEHOLD WORDS, Chapman and Hall, 1860, first edition, spine somewhat tanned, some wear to the fore edge corner tips with rubbing to the base of the spine and bottom board edges, some light soiling to the covers, else a tight vg copy rebound in 3/4 light green cloth and dark green leather with t.p.e.'s in gold-gilt. INSCRIBED by Wills at the time of publication, February, 1860. Fifteen of the thirty-seven pieces in this volume were co-written with Dickens. "Wills was Dickens' assistant editor at`Household Words' and Dickens revised the texts of these pieces for this book publication." --- Kevin MacDonnell of MacDonnell rare books.