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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. There were two classes of charitable people: one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the people who did a great deal and made no noise at all" First Edition, First Issue of Dickens' Ninth Novel With an original cheque, handwritten and signed by Charles Dickens, inlaid and bound-in at front DICKENS, Charles. Bleak House. With illustrations by H.K. Browne. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First edition, first issue (following all of the points in Smith), in book form of Dickens' ninth novel. With an original cheque, handwritten and signed by Charles Dickens, inlaid and bound-in at front. The cheque is dated August 30, 1867 and is made payable to Wimbledon School in the amount of £112.0.6 - this was a considerable amount in 1867. Wimbledon School was where four of Dickens' sons attended including his youngest son "Plorn" who would have been in his last year when the cheque for school fees was written.…

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.