Lot 309 , Dickens, Charles - Bleak House, First Edition. pictorial engraved and printed titles, frontis. and 38 plates (by Hablot K. Browne), half title; early 20th century gilt calf and marbled boards with panelled spine. 1853

° Dickens, Charles - Bleak House, First Edition. pictorial engraved and printed titles, frontis. and 38 plates (by Hablot K. Browne), half title; early 20th century gilt calf and marbled boards with panelled spine. 1853
£220-280

Condition:
The usual fair amount of plt. foxing, but mostly marginal (save frontis., pict. title and first 3 plts., where surface affected, some light offsetting but text gen. clean, no blanks after front e/ps. or following text, e/ps. replaced. Issue points - see Smith (pt.I,p.82) for these options: p.xiii (final i sl. elevated); p.230 (fig. 2 is present); p.516 line 36 ('it' is omitted); p.620, line 34 ('relieved' is printed); front inner hinge weak. xvi, 624pp.

Sold for £240