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London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853. First Edition in book form, First Issue. Half leather over marbled boards. Very Good +. Hablot K. Browne aka "Phiz. Thick 8vo, rebound in modern dark brown half leather with gilt title and five raised bands over marbled boards, illustrated by Hablot K. Browne (aka "Phiz") with steel-engraved frontispiece and etched title leaf, plus 38 finely engraved (& electro-typed) plates [10 often called "dark" because of cross-hatching technique]; page-edges marbled; new endpapers, [9] viii-xvi + 624 pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 4.6 oz. First Edition (in cloth: rebound in half leather) with many early "points" [37 of 40 listed in Walter E. Smith]; among them: three typographical errors:"elgble" on page 19 line 6; "chair" on page 209, line 23; "counsinship" on page 275. Originally published in 20 numbers in 19 parts (the last two numbers published in one part) between March 1852 and September 1853, published in one volume 12th Sept. 1853. Solid copy…

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.