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Dickens, Charles (Illustrated by H. K. Browne [Phiz]) : Bleak House I-XX [Bleak House Advertiser 20 parts in 19 editions]

Bradbury & Evans, London, 1852

ISBN B0000EAF1Q

40 Plates :: 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6") :: Pages foxed at edges not always impinging onto illustrations. Pages of text follow consecutively.
No 1March 1852 has two illustrated plates of Miss Jellyby and The Little Old Lady.
No 2 April 1852 with illustrations of Coarinses and The Lord Chancellor Copies From Memory.
No 3 May 1852 As before with illustrations of Re Guppy and Visit at the Brickmakers.
No 4 June 1852 Family Portraits at Mr Bayham Badger's and Mr Guppy's desolation.
No 5 July 1852 with illustrations of The Dancing School and Consecrated Ground. No 6 August 1852 Caddys Flowers and The Little Church in the Park.
No 7 September 1852 with illustrations of Mr Guppy's entertainment and The Smallweed Family.
No 8 October 1852 with illustrations of Mr Chadbrand Improving a tough subject and A Model of Parental Deportment.
No 9 November 1852 with illustrations of The Young Man of the name of Guppy. Second plate missing and a 'errata' note bound into this edition.
No 10 December 1852 with illustrations of Nurse and Patient and The Appointed Time and Visitors at the Shooting Gallery (missing plate from No 9 added in this edition).
No 11 January 1853with illustrations of Mr Smallweed breaks the pipe of peace and The Old man of the name of Tulkinghorn.
No 12 February 1853 with illustrations of Lady Dedlock in the Wood and The Ghosts Walk.
No 13 March 1853 with illustrations of Sunset in the Long Drawing room at Chesney Wold and Attorney and Client, fortitude and impatience ( last advert pre-text has a vertical tear and approx. 5th of page is missing).
No 14 April 1853 with illustrations of The Leicester Dedlock and Tom all alone's. No 15 May 1853 with illustrations of A New meaning in the Roman and Friendly behaviour of Mr Bucket.
No 16 June 1853 with illustrations of Light and Shadow. No 17 July 1853 with illustrations of Mrs Bagnet returns from her expedition and The lonely figures.
No 18 August 1853 with illustrations of The Night and The Morning.
No 19 & 20 September 1853 (Inscribed on front cover) with illustrations of The Mausoleum at Chesney Wold, Magnanimous conduct of Mr Guppy, Frontispiece, Title page [1853]. Preface, Content and list of plates at back of final edition.
Introduction of each magazine includes New Publications from the 'Bleak House Advertiser' followed by several pages of adverts for items such as 'Edmiston's Pocket Siphonia' , 'Heal & Son's' Bedsteads &c.. Published: 1852-1853, G+ in good condition without dust jacket with rubbed original paper covers. In slightly rubbed protective blue hardback cloth 'drop' case. Marked and chipped covers. Some browning and rubbing to page edges. Tightly bound. Some spotting and foxing mainly to plates. Text browned at edges. Sympathetic minor repair to some spine edges. Complete. Rare

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