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DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870) : Little Dorrit. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne

Bradbury and Evans, London, 1857,

With 39 illustrations plus vignette title-page. Occasional marking else fine. Superbly bound in recent full burgundy oasis morocco with five raised bands embellished with pinhole and sprig, panelled spines, decoratively tooled in gilt, gilt fillet to upper with decorative cornerpieces, marbled endpapers with inner roll border tooled in gilt, all edges speckled. FIRST EDITION. Dickens' great satire on the shortcomings of Victorian government and society, focusing upon the institution of debtor's prisons, represented her by Marshalsea Gaol, where the author's own father had been imprisoned. Little Dorrit is a masterly evocation of the state and psychology of imprisonment and is one of the supreme works of Dickens's maturity. Podeschi; Gimbel Catalogue [A141]. Grolier Club Exhibition Catalogue (1913) [ p132-134]. Collins; Dickens and Crime (1962).

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870) : Little Dorrit. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne

Chapman and Hall, London, c.1875

With 39 illustrations plus vignette title-page. Occasional marking else fine. Superbly bound in original full scarlet calf with full gilt back, twin green labels, marbled edges and endpapers. Some light, acceptable wear, headband a little nicked. Near fine copy. A attractive early edition, undated but almost crtainly from the mid-Victorian era, probably issued just after Dickens' death. Dickens' great satire on the shortcomings of Victorian government and society, focusing upon the institution of debtor's prisons, represented here by Marshalsea Gaol, where the author's own father had been imprisoned. Little Dorrit is a masterly evocation of the state and psychology of imprisonment and is one of the supreme works of Dickens's maturity. Collins; Dickens and Crime (1962).

DICKENS, Charles : Little Dorrit. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne

DICKENS, Charles. Little Dorrit. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. 20 parts in 19. Original pictorial wrappers. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1855- 57. First edition in the original monthly parts, with most of the advertisements and inserts called for by Hatton & Cleaver, including the slip in Part 16 referring to the name Rigaud instead of Blandois. Worn, torn along the edges and soiled; plates rather foxed or stained; backstrips repaired. In a half morocco folding case. Bookplate of the Marquess of Queensberry.. Illustr: BROWNE, H.K.

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