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London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853. First edition in book form.. Very Good. Octavo, xvi, 624 pages, frontispiece, engraved title, and 39 engraved plates by H. K. Browne (a.k.a. Phiz). In original publisher's maroon cloth, sunned to tan on spine. Scattered foxing to plates, as usual, but text is clean. Charles Dickens Centenary Testimonial stamp dated 1912 on front free endpaper. Ownership autograph on front free endpaper. Few stains and cello-tape ghosts on pastedowns.

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.