Little Dorrit
$1,000 · Offered by Biblio
First edition
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. BROWNE, Hablot Knight. . Little Dorrit. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. Full Description: DICKENS, Charles. Little Dorrit. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First edition, first issue with all flaws called for by Smith, including "Rigaud" for "Blandois." on pages 469, 470, 472, & 473. Bound from the original monthly parts, with stab-marks occasionally visible. With forty inserted plates, including the 8 "dark Plates" and the Frontispiece and Engraved title. Octavo (8 x 5 3/8 inches; 203 x 135 mm). xiv, 625, [1, blank] pp. Handsomely rebound in late 19th-century half polished tan calf, over tan cloth boards. Spine elaborately stamped in gilt. Spine with red and blue morocco spine labels, lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt. Spine slightly darkened. Some minor rubbing to corners. A few leaves with some minor spotting. Overall a very good copy. "Little Dorrit originally appeared in twenty numbers, bound in nineteen monthly parts, the last part forming a double number, from December 1855-June 1857. It was published in book form on May 30, 1857." (Smith) Hatton and Cleaver, 305-333. Smith 12. HBS 69168. $1,000.
- Publisher: Bradbury and Evans
- Year: 1857
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: unknown
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