MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT; By Charles Dickens / With Illustrations by Phiz by Dickens, Charles - 1844

London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First One Volume Edition. Half leather and marbled boards. Very Good/None. H.K. Browne. Thick 8vo, red half leather with marbled boards; four gilt bands and titles to spine, engraved frontispiece & vignette title page (with tissue guard) with 38 engraved plates by "Phiz" [Hablot K. Browne]; marbled endpapers and fore-edges, [i-v], vi-vii-[vii: blank, Preface], [viii: Contents]-x-xii-[xiii: List of Plates]-xiv, [1]-2-624. Weight: 2 lbs. 4.4 oz. Overall, a Very Good copy of one of Dickens' delightful and impressive novels. Among the author's major works, Martin Chuzzlewit preceded Dombey and Son. <br/> <br/> The book retains special interest for Americans for much is set in America and Southern Illinois (specifically, Cairo aka "Eden" in the novel), where Dickens and his wife briefly traveled. <br/> <br/> Solid copy with clean, unfoxed illustrations with moderate uniform toning. Very faint erased name above Chuzzlewit on title page. Covers and extremities rubbed. Engraved bookplate on front pastedown.<br/> <br/> First One Volume Edition with the engraving on the Vignette Title Page havving a pound sign before "100" and "Phiz" as signature (no priority), and an Errata Sheet identifying 10 corrections. Gimble, A72.<br/> See also: Walter E. Smith, Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth, 67.<br/> <br/> Contents are tight; all 40 plates are present and have tissue guards. Wear to covers and extremities. Includes all "Dark Plates" by Phiz in relatively bright condition. These include the dismal "Marshalsea Prison" and famous "Circumlocution Office." Browning and foxing to many pages and plates. No advertisements bound into the volume. <br/> <br/> Mr. Pickwick figurine in image not included.