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DICKENS (CHARLES) Bleak House, FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL 19/20 PARTS, Bradbury & Evans, March 1852-September 1853
14 November 2023, 14:00 GMT
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DICKENS (CHARLES)
Bleak House, FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL 19/20 PARTS, additional etched title and 39 plates by H.K. Browne ("Phiz"), with 'The Village Pastor' booklet in part 15 and most of advertisements and slips called for by Hatton & Cleaver, plates with some oxidisation, mostly at edges, publisher's blue pictorial wrappers after 'Phiz', slight staining to cover of Part 1, a few edges slightly frayed or creased, tears to joints of first and last parts, preserved in light blue cloth solander box with gilt-lettered spine [Eckel pp.79-81; Gimbel A130; Hatton & Cleaver pp.275-304], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, March 1852-September 1853
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VERY GOOD UNRESTORED SET OF 'BLEAK HOUSE' IN THE ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS.
In this set the majority of the advertisements are present, with exception of those for W. Mott and Norton's Camomile Pills (Part 1), Waterlow & Sons (Part 2), Partidge & Cozens (Part 15), and Grace Aguilar's Works (Part 16). The missing slips comprise: 'Notice of Removal' (Part 2), 'Crochet Cotton' (Parts 4-8, 10, 14), 'Household Words' (Parts 11, 12, 15, 18), 'Handley Cross' (Part 13), 'Largest Newspaper' (Part 17), 'Alison's History' (Part 18), and 'The Newcomes' (Parts 19/20).

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