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London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853. First edition. leather_bound. Housed in full crimson morocco felt lined clamshell box with raised bands, spine panels with gilt arabesques and lettering (expert repair to front hinge). Near fine. 624 [16] [16] [14] pages. 22 x 13.5 cm. From The Library of Jean Hersholt, with his signed bookplate inside of slipcase. First edition in the original 20 issues in 19 parts, with 40 inserted plates, including frontispiece and vignette title by Hablot K. Browne. With the Bleak House advertiser in each, back cover ad wrapper in first state, issues one to five, lacks the eight page "Grace Aguilar's Works," slip in part 16; however, all others are retained, and with the scarce "Village Pastor" booklet in part 15. Also, lacks the "New Geographical and Educational Works" ad in part XIV. First issue of the text, uncorrected thus: in Part 1. p.19 line six with "eligible" & Part VII, p.209, line 23 with "chair." Part IX, p.275, line 22 with "cousinship"…

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.