Bleak House by Dickens, Charles - 1853

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First edition, bound from the parts. Frontispiece, vignette title-page, and 38 etched plates by H K Browne ("Phiz"). xvi, 624 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Recent half brown calf, red morocco spine label. Some toning to plates as usual, very good copy. Browne, H.K. First edition, bound from the parts. Frontispiece, vignette title-page, and 38 etched plates by H K Browne ("Phiz"). xvi, 624 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. 'Fog everywhere. Fog up the river ...'. "Writing at the height of his powers, Dickens adopts a virtuoso form of double narration, and the novel has since the middle of the twentieth century been widely acclaimed as his greatest work" (ONDB). Attractively bound copy of this Dickens classic. Smith, pp 81-84