Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 264 + 234 pp. 8vo, original decorated blue cloth, a.e.g. Some light use to cloth; an attractive copy. First and Second series bound in one volume.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Series. Octavo. 264pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Name of previous owner. Occasional light foxing. A very nice copy.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: From "Household Words," edited by Charles Dickens. Library of Entertaining Miscellanies. Vol. II. Home Philosophy. Complete in One Volume. First or series title page states 1853. 234 p. 19 cm. Cloth hardcover with blank impressing, front cover reading "Putnam's Popular Library." Gilt on spine. Spine ends a bit torn, corners bumped, some rubbing to cloth, slight dents in board edges. Front free endpaper missing, some foxing.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "Library of Entertaining Miscellany" containing "Home and Social Philosophy - or, Chapters on Every-day Topics," complete in one volume. Volume II. The title page for "Library of Entertaining Miscellanies" has been sewn in at the front and is dated 1853 - complete in one volume. The title page for "Home and Social Philosophy" is dated 1852 - 1st and 2nd series, complete in one volume. First edition from G.P. Putnam's Popular Library. The book is a collection on essays from the publication "Household Words," edited by CHARLES DICKENS. Topics include Dreaming, The Atlantic Waves, The Magic Crystal, Sleep, The Chemistry of a Pint of Beer, The Wind and the Rain, Physiology of Intemperance, Ballooning, The Chemistry of a Candle, Tea, A Witch in the Nursery, Three 'Detective' Anecdotes.and much more. From the Preface: "This volume is the first of a classified reprint of Dickens's 'Household Words' Under the title of 'Home and Social Philosophy' it is proposed thus to preserve, in a portable and permanent shape, all those valuable, pithy and entertaining essays which relate to domestic and social economy, familiar illustrations of natural philosophy, and kindred topics." Condition: Pea-sized tear at the top of the spine; the cloth and gilt lettering on the spine has somewhat faded; sharp corners. Tight binding with no loose pages. There is a partial crack at the front hinge 2" up from the bottom between the title page and end paper. The title page for "Library of Entertaining Miscellanies" has been sewn in at the front before the "Home and Social Philosophy" title page. Mild foxing of preliminary pages; nickel-sized stain spot at the outer edge of pages 24-29.the remaining pages are clean. Page 19 has "Part of it was forgotten" written neatly in pencil in old handwriting at the outer margin; old name written in pencil on the front end paper. There is an insignificant crack at the hinge between pages 24 and 25 (despite the crack, the front cover is still firmly attached).
Seller: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover. 264 and 234 pages respectively. Original heavily blind-stamped brown cloth from the Putnam's Popular Library series, containing two volumes complete in one. Two separate title-pages, the first reading-"Library of Entertaining Miscellanies Vol. II [rule] Home Philosophy. Complete in one Volume. New York: G.P. Putnam and Company, 10 Park Place 1853. The second title reads-Home and Social Philosophy: or, Chapters on Every-Day Topics from "HouseHold Words", edited by Charles Dickens, [Putnam engraved vignette of globe] First and Second Series Complete in one Volume. New York: G.P. Putnam & Company, 10 Park Place, 1852. {264pgs.] [234pgs.] Each of these titles had been issued in wraps by Putnam in 1852 and are included in Podeschi under D14 and D15. This two volume compilation is not listed in the Gimbel Collection. Intricately gilt stamped spine sunned and lightened with age, with sunning also affecting 35mm of front board along outside joint. Gilt decoration and lettering still bright however, with title and author quite readable. Rear free end-paper creased and second of two rear blanks shows light damp-stain along lower edge. Interior clean and fresh with no soiling or foxing. Light wear to top of back-strip. An exceptionally clean copy of this very scarce early American printing of articles originally published in Dickens weekly periodical, including "Three 'Detective' Anecdotes." Near very good copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Great Expectations Rare Books, Staten Island, NYC, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition. Putnam's Library for the People (also issued in wraps as Number XV in *Putnam's Semi-Monthly Library for Traveler's and the Fireside*). Publisher's brown cloth gilt. Two neat owner names on the front fly, general rubbing and wear to the boards, a tidemark in the upper margin of the last half of the pages, a bit of foxing to the text, a near very good copy of these selections from *Household Words.*.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: DICKENS, Charles, [editor]. Home and Social Philosophy: Or, Chapters on Every-Day Copies. From "Household Words," Edited by Charles Dickens. First Series. New York: G.P. Putnam, 1852. Octavo. Publisher's full brown cloth, gilt-stamped on spine. Yellow mark on front cover, spine sunned. Very good. Gimbel. Hatton and Cleaver, Smith, Dickens, HBS 66158. $200.
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tight half leather binding, solid marbled boards, gently rubbed extremities, bright gilt lettering to spine strip, four raised bands, very light foxing throughout, otherwise clean, unmarked pages. In mylar cover. 1st edition.
Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition. Putnam's Library for the People (also issued in wraps as Number XV in *Putnam's Semi-Monthly Library for Traveler's and the Fireside*). Publisher's brown cloth gilt. Bookplate of Frederic Bronson on the front and (erroneously on the) rear pastedown, else a nice, near fine copy of these selections from *Household Words.*.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition, wrappered issue. Printed illustrated paper over flexible card covers. Salmon endpapers printed with ads for other publications. Scattered foxing throughout, still a handsome, sound and very good copy of these selections from *Household Words.*.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.