first edition Hardcover
1838 · London
by Dickens, Charles, editor
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 1st ed. 1st issue [last plate without border]. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vols. 13 black & white plates (including frontises), xix, [4], [1], 288, ix, [1], 263p. plus 36p. publisher's advertisements at end of Vol. II. Rebound in polished calf. Portions of original variant ribbed dark cloth binding (backstrip and front and back covers) bound in at ends of both volumes. 20cm. Modest scuffing. Joints a bit tender. Internally sound and clean. Top edge gilt.
(Inventory #: 87016)