8vo (212 x 131 mm). Half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 38 engraved plates (of 39, lacking final plate) by Hablot Knight Browne (“Phiz”). (Some spotting, and staining, a few marginal chips or tears.) Later half green blind-stamped calf, spine gilt, edges sprinkled red (some wear, joints starting). Provenance: early signature.

FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, with frontispiece in 1st state with imprint, plates 1, 2, and 4 in the earliest states with publisher's imprint, with "visiter" for "sister" on p. 123, and "latter" for "letter" on p. 160. Gimbel A41; Hatton & Cleaver pp.131-160; Smith I:5.

[With:] DICKENS. Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. 8vo (212 x 132 mm). 40 etched plates (of 40) by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz") (including frontispiece and vignette title-page, and 8 dark plates). (Some slight staining or toning.) Later half dark green calf blind-stamped, spine gilt, marbled boards, marbled edges, stamp-signed by Sotheran (some wear, some rubbing to sides, joints tender). Provenance: Thomas Walters James? (signature, 1857). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, text with most of the first issue points listed in Smith with signature "B2" on page 371 and "Rigaud" mistakenly substituted for "Blandois" pp. 467-474 struck by a previous owner. Smith I: 12.