Dickens, Charles

8vo, first book edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by Finden after Maclise (in the first state), 39 engraved plates by "Phiz" (Hablot K. Browne), the first four plates without the imprint, pp.123 and 160 in the corrected state, publisher's dark green fine-diaper cloth (Smith's first binding), covers stamped in blind, pale yellow endpapers, collector's folding box, circulating library label on front free endpaper, plates slightly browned at edges, some small marginal tears, hinges neatly repaired, lower cover slightly scuffed, joints repaired in places, spine repaired at head and foot

Smith 1:5; Eckel, pp.64-66; Sadleir 695

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