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Little Dorrit

by Dickens, Charles

Price: $1,350.00

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London, Eng.: Bradbury and Evans, 1857 xiv, 625, [1] p.: frontispiece, added engraved title page, and 38 additional leaves of plates; 22 cm. (8½ inches). This is the first edition in book form, with the Bradbury & Evans imprint dated 1857 on the added engraved title page. An attractive Bayntun binding of full polished calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label in the second compartment reading: Little Dorrit. Leather label in the third compartment reading: Charles Dickens. Small leather label at tail of spine bearing publication date: 1857. Gilt-tooled ornamentation in the other four compartments. Gilt-ruled borders and corner rosettes on both boards, with "Charles Dickens" gilt-tooled in script on the front board. Gilt-rolled ornamentation on edges of both boards, with gilt-tooled ornamentation continuing on the turn-ins. All page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers, with small binder's stamp on verso of front free endpaper, reading: Bayntun, Binder, Bath, Eng. Two dark brown ribbon book markers. First edition points include: the 3-line errata statement following the list of plates, the signature on p. 371 misprinted as "B2," and the presence of the name Rigaud where the name Blandois should appear on pp. 469-74. Smith I:12. In Very Good+ condition: joints, ends of spine, and raised bands are lightly rubbed; the label reading "Charles Dickens" is also rubbed but intact. Front joint is just starting to separate. All 38 internal plates are present. A beautiful copy. . First Edition in Book Form. Very Good+. Illus. by Browne, H.K..