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London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. STONE, Marcus. . Our Mutual Friend. With Illustrations by Marcus Stone. In Two Volumes. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. Full Description: DICKENS, Charles. STONE, Marcus, [illustrator]. Our Mutual Friend. With Illustrations by Marcus Stone. In Two Volumes. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. First edition. Two octavo volumes (8 x 5 1/4 inches; 205 x 134 mm). [iii]-xii, 320; [iii]-[viii], 309, [1, publisher's imprint] pp. With forty engraved plates including frontispieces in each volume, all by Marcus Stone. Each volume contains twenty plates. Bound without half-titles and publisher's ads. Each volume with all of the internal flaws called for by Smith. Handsomely rebound in late 19th-century half polished tan calf, over tan cloth boards. Spines elaborately stamped in gilt. Spines with red and blue morocco spine labels, lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt. Spines are slightly darkened. Some minor rubbing to corners. A few leaves with some minor spotting.…

Charles Dickens's last completed novel, a work of satire and social commentary that paints a vivid portrait of the dualities of wealth and poverty in London.