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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First edition. leather_bound. Full tan calf. Aeg. Near fine. H.K. Browne. 624 pages. 21 1/2 x 15 cm. First edition in book form with imprint of Bradbury and Evans on vignette title. Half title, engraved frontispiece, and 38 plates by Halbot K. Browne (including the dark plates), which in this copy are good impressions. Dickens' indictment of the abuses in the Courts of Chancery. ECKEL pp. 79-81 notes, "The charge that Skimpole was Leigh Hunt in this novel] drew some fire from the latter's friends." SADLIER 682. SMITH I:8. YALE/GIMBEL A131. Errata. Text clean and bright, plates predominately Elegant binding by Morrell: raised bands, spines panels richly gilt in floral motifs, brown and black spine labels lettered in gilt, inner dentelles, triple gilt cover border panels with corner rosettes. Slight nick to backstrip head.

Bleak House is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published as a serial between March 1852 and September 1853. It is considered one of his finest works, containing a vast, complex plot and an extraordinary number of characters.

The true first edition contains specific typographical features and certain misprints in the text.