Charles Dickens

First edition in book form (Bradbury & Evans, 1853) in contemporary half-calf binding with gilt lettering to spine. Frontispiece, added engraved title page and 38 engraved plates, as called for. All first edition issue points present: "elgble" on page 19 line 6; "chair" on page 209, line 23; "counsinship" on page 275 line 22. Rubbing to boards, extremities and spine; unobtrusive previous owner and retailer labels to front pastedown; contents are very nice and clean save for some marginal browning here and there and quite isolated instances of foxing; corners of a few pages a little creased. A very good copy overall in contemporary binding.