19 volumes in 18, 8vo. Volumes 1-11, 15-17: Original green cloth gilt; volumes 12, 18, 19: contemporary half calf; volumes 13 & 14: bound together in modern green cloth (a few covers detached or detaching, some wear or staining). 

 

Mixed issue, with with both London and New York imprints (volumes 1-4, 12-14, and 18-19 published London; volumes 5-11, 15-17 published New York). Household Words was published weekly on Wednesdays from March 1850 through May 1859; according to William E. Buckler, its history of publication in America is "almost absolutely dark" (PBSA, vol. 45, pp.160-166). Gimbel E113-118. 

 

Property of an Illinois collector