Dickens, Charles - Joseph Clayton Clarke ("Kyd")

Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1855-57. 20 parts in 19 as issued, 8vo (9 x 5 3/4 in.; 228 x 145 mm). Original printed blue wrappers, 40 etched plates by H. K. Browne (Phiz); ads largely present. Wrappers lightly soiled, many bearing an ink ownership signature; browning to some plates. Housed in two folding chemises and marbled slipcase. [With]: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. 8vo (8 1/4 x 5 in.; 210 x 128 mm). With 43 illustrations by R. Seymour and H. K. Browne (Phiz). Half-morocco, spine gilt in compartments — The Personal History of David Copperfield.  London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. 8vo (8 3/8 x 5 1/4 in.; 215 x 132 mm). Calf, spine spine gilt in compartments — Bleak House. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. 8vo (8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.; 210 x 132 mm). Half calf with marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments —18 watercolor drawings (11 x 8 3/4 in.; 280 x 220 mm), signed Kyd, depicting various characters from "Oliver Twist". In a cloth clamshell case. 

Eckel 82-85; Hatton & Cleaver 307-330

First edition of Little Dorrit in original parts. First issue text, with "Rigaud" for "Blandois" on pages 469, 470, 472, and 473 in Part 15. Accompanied by three additional works by Dickens, and a collection of watercolors by "Kyd".