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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. Provenance: the Kenyon-Starling, William Self, Charles Henry Hough copy with their bookplates to the front paste down. 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 with toning to the spine, light fraying to corners and spine ends. Front and rear inner hinge are exposed, the front held in place by the cords and binding a little fragile. Small areas of wear to the front free endpaper with owner note penciled to the verso. Contents tanned, with plates a little darkened as usual. A fantastic copy in the original cloth, without restoration or repair and extremely uncommon in such superlative condition, with a fantastic provenance.

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.