Dickens (Charles) Bleak House, first edition in the original 19/20 parts, 39 plates by H.K. Browne only (of 40, lacking "frontispiece" to part 19/20), with the explanation of the accident to plate 17 in part 9, front adverts all present of "The Bleak House Advertiser" (parts 3, 6, 7 and 14 lacking slips), most back adverts present (parts 2, 3, 16 and 18 lacking slips, and part 1 with Waterlow and Son's variant advert 'A', lacking "Mott" and "Camomile" advertisements, part 2 lacking "Waterlow", part 5 lacking "Edward Lloyd's", part 6 lacking pp.3-4 of "The Oak Life Insurance", part 7 lacking "London Weekly Paper", part 16 lacking pp.3-6 of "Clarke, Beeton and Co.'s"), all other slips and advertisements otherwise as called for, plates browned or offset, some occasional light soiling, original wrappers, soiling to part 1 wrapper, part 19/20 spine broken, some back wrappers detached, chipped and nicked to edges, spines worn with portions of loss, still overall a very good and unrestored copy, [Hatton & Cleaver pp.273-304], preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, 1852-53.