One volume bound from 6 original parts (222 x 138 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece by J.H. Baker from a photograph, engraved title after Luke Fildes, 12 wood-engraved plates by Dalziel, C. Roberts and others after Fildes. (A few minor spots, slight toning.) Late 19th-century brown morocco gilt, stamp-signed by Henderson & Bisset (spine sunned, slight wear);original blue-green pictorial wrappers bound in. 

FIRST EDITION, BOUND FROM THE ORIGINAL PARTS, with all covers and ads as listed in Hatton and Cleaver including the scarce "Cork Hat" ad, with the following exceptions: part 4 lacking Chapman & Co. 2pp. ad; part 5 lacking Chapman & Hall's ad dated 31st July 1870 and Chapman & Co.'s 4pp. slip; pt. 6 lacking 4pp. Wilcox & Gibbs ad. Dickens only completed 6 parts of this work before his death, with only 3 being published while he was alive, leaving readers in suspense regarding the outcome of the tale (Hatton & Cleaver, p. 373). Eckel pp. 96-98; Hatton and Cleaver pp. 373-384; Gimbel A154.