£200 - £300
Dickens (Charles), BLEAK HOUSE, first book edition, 3/4 green leather, marbled boards, frontispiece, illustrated half title and thirty eight plates by H.K. Browne [Phiz], five line errata after list of plates, true first edition errors ["elgble" on page 19 line 6, "chair" for "hair" on page 209 line 23, "counsinship" on page 275 line 22, "picter" on page 529 line 32], Bradbury & Evans, London 1853 (at fault)
1.5cm split to top left edge of spine, and further open 1cm split to bottom right edge. Top and bottom edges of spine pulled slightly away from binding. Wear down left and right hand edges of spine. Title label chipped and creased. All front corners bumped and worn through leather. Front and back boards scuffed. Shelf wear to bottom edges. All gilt scuffed. Splits to front and rear endpapers. Foxing to endpapers. Staining to title and half title pages. Darkening and some foxing to text pages. Some discolouration to front and back of plate pages. Binding slightly loose (particularly at front and back of book).
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