A lovely little antiquarian set if leather first edition books.

The first 3 bound volumes of Familiar Words.

The first 78 editions in 3 volumes from March 1850 to September 1851. Contains therefore the very first edition, volume 1 with Dickens preliminary word.

All complete and in very good condition.

Some rubbing to boards amd some sun damage leather loss to top of spinebut externally still good.

All firmly board with boards attached.

Internally very good. All pages attached to strong spine block.

Height 24cm

Depth 16cm

Shelf length 10cm

Household Words was published every Saturday from March 1850 to May 1859. Each number cost a mere tuppence, thereby ensuring a wide readership. The publication's first edition carried a section covering the paper's principles, entitled "A Preliminary Word"

: We aspire to live in the Household affections, and to be numbered among the Household thoughts, of our readers. We hope to be the comrade and friend of many thousands of people, of both sexes, and of all ages and conditions, on whose faces we may never look. We seek to bring to innumerable homes, from the stirring world around us, the knowledge of many social wonders, good and evil, that are not calculated to render any of us less ardently persevering in ourselves, less faithful in the progress of mankind, less thankful for the privilege of living in this summer-dawn of time.

Charles Dickens

A lovely antique addition to your library or bookcase.