1852 CHARLES DICKENS - Home and Social Philosophy or hotsell Chapters on Everyday Topics, 1st Edition, Ballooning Dreams Beer

"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 - please see the photos for the complete list of contents.

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 hotsell. 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).