20 parts in 19, 8vo (223 x 138 mm). Half-titles, frontispiece and 39 wood-engraved plates after Marcus Stone by Dalziel and W.T. Green. (Some staining.) Original green pictorial printed wrappers (several parts rebacked, a few covers becoming detached, some browning, chipping and staining); cloth slipcase and chemise. Provenance: Frank Cotton (early signature on pt. 1); M. Carr (signature on pts. 2 & 5).

FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS, first issue of part 1 without the printer's imprint on front wrapper, and with the scarce slip addressed to the reader. The “Our Mutual Friend Advertiser” in each part and other inserted advertisements as listed in Hatton and Cleaver with the following exceptions: a few parts with different advertisements on inner rear wrapper; lacking a portion of the Advertiser in part 14; with additional rear ad in part 2; Mappin ad in part 17 printed on white paper (rather than green or yellow), and in part 19/20 printed on yellow paper (rather than green). Our Mutual Friend was Dickens’ fourteenth, and final, completed novel. Eckel, pp. 94-5; Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 343-370; Yale/Gimbel A149.