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Bleak House by Charles Dickens 1853 First Edition First Impression

Bleak House by Charles Dickens 1853 First Edition First Impression

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Bleak House by Charles Dickens. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne. London; Bradbury and Evans; 1853.


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Edition Points:

  • pp.19 line 6 "elgble" for "eligible"
  • pp.209 line 23 "chair" for "hair"
  • pp.275 line 22 "counsinship" for "cousinship"


Size: 141 x 221 mm (approx.)

 

Condition: 

Half calf over cloth backed boards with a tooled label to the spine in a compartment between raised bands. Binding rubbed and scuffed with few small marks. Sewn headcap detached, small loss to the head of the backstrip. Both boards attached, joints starting, hinges cracked. Shelf and edge wear. Marbled page edges dulled. Text block lightly toned and foxed, plates a little oxidised, edge toned, but better than the typical copy. 

 

[Smith I., 10].

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