DICKENS, Charles.
Bleak House.
“A word in earnest is as good as a speech": First Edition of Charles Dickens' Bleak House; Finely Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe
London: Bradbury Evans, 1853.
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Item Number: RRB-148214
* Custom Clamshell Boxes are hand made by the Harcourt Bindery upon request and take approximately 60 days to complete
First edition of this Dickens' classic. Octavo, bound in full calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge marbled, marbled endpapers, illustrated with tissue-guarded frontispiece, engraved title page, and 39 engraved plates by H.K. Browne. With three key typographical errors called for in the first edition: "elgble" on page 19, line 6; "chair" instead of "hair" on page 209, line 23; and "counsinship" instead of cousinship on page 275, line 22. In near fine condition with light toning. Original cloth covers bound in at rear. Ownership plate to the front pastedown. Housed in a custom marbled slipcase.
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