All The Year Round: A Weekly Journal
Conducted by Charles Dickens
With Which is Incorporated Household Words/Volume XII - From August 13, 1864 to January 21, 1865
Published by Chapman And Hall: London 1865
Original Cloth Bindings
"All The Year Round was the immensely popular weekly literary journal founded and edited by Charles Dickens, serving as one of the defining periodicals of the Victorian age. This Volume XII of the New Series contains the issues published between August 13, 1864 and January 21, 1865, bringing together a rich collection of serialised fiction, essays, travel accounts, historical articles, social commentary, and contemporary observations. Through its pages Dickens sought to both entertain and inform, creating a publication that appealed to a broad readership throughout Britain and the wider English-speaking world.
The journal occupied a central place in nineteenth-century literary culture and provided an important platform for many prominent authors of the era. Readers eagerly awaited each weekly instalment, particularly the serialised stories that unfolded across successive issues. Alongside fiction, All The Year Round explored subjects ranging from science and industry to politics, exploration, crime, and everyday life, offering a fascinating insight into the interests and concerns of Victorian society during a period of rapid social and technological change.
Published by Chapman & Hall in 1865, this volume survives in its original cloth bindings and represents a highly desirable piece of Dickensiana. Beyond its direct association with one of England's greatest novelists, it provides an authentic contemporary record of mid-Victorian thought and literature. Despite significant wear and fading to the covers and spine, together with the final two pages being loose, the volume retains tremendous character, displaying a beautiful aged patina throughout and presenting as a highly appealing collector's piece for admirers of Charles Dickens and Victorian literary history."
Significant wear and fading to cover/spine as shown. Last 2 pages sit loose as shown. A beautiful aged patina to the pages. An excellent reading copy in original 1865 bindings. Please study photos to further understand condition.
