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DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Bleak House. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853.
8vo. Half-title, engraved additional title-page, engraved frontispiece, 38 illustrations by J.K. Browne (“Phiz”), with the 10 “dark” plates (spotting and browning to plates, mostly near margins); centenary stamp of Dickens on front free endpaper. Half contemporary calf, marbled sides, spine in 6 compartments with raised bands, green leather lettering-piece gilt in second compartment, others gilt with scrollwork, marbled edges (covers rubbed, front joint cracked). Provenance: Charles Price (neat contemporary signature on front fly).
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM published on 12 September 1853. Eckel, pp. 64-66; Gimbel A154; Smith I:10.