Hard Times & Pictures from Italy 1866 Dickens lovely leather classic book May2020 embossed & gilt ruled covers

embossed & gilt ruled covers

Original fold-line as issued

yet display a pleasing age patina with light to moderate scattered small old age spotting throughout

the print is well preserved

then surrounded by an embossed lace patterned paper

Hard Times & Pictures from Italy 1866 Dickens lovely leather classic book May2020 embossed & gilt ruled covers(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Leather Books, Victorian Lit, Charles Dickens, Hard Times, Pictures from Italy). Hard Times and Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens. Published 1866, Philadelphia by J. B. Lippincott. 304 pages. Text in English. Wood engraved frontispiece protected by original tissue guard. Attractive mid 19th century antiquarian 1 2 leather binding, gilt bands and title lettering on contrasting black leather labels, marbled covers.