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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, with first issue points: "elgble" on page 19, line 6; "chair" on page 209, line 23; "counsinship" on page 275, line 22. Bound in publisher's original green cloth decorated in blind, with spine lettered in gilt. With 38 illustrated plates plus frontis and engraved title page. Near Fine or better, with faint fading to the spine and a tiny nick to the crown, foxing to endsheets and sporadically to text, the plates tend to be tanned at the borders with some foxing as well. A fantastic copy in the original cloth, without restoration or repair and extremely uncommon in such superlative condition. Pretty much as good as it gets.

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.