8vo (206 x 126 mm). Half-title, etched frontispiece, etched title-page, 38 etched plates by Hablot Knight Browne (“Phiz”). (Lacking half-title, etched title trimmed short at foot, some toning and spotting, a few marginal tears.) Later half green morocco gilt, marbled boards, marbled edges.

FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, text with most of the first issue points listed in Smith and the common 14-line errata, second issue of engraved title-page with the signpost reading “£100” (no priority) and 6 studs in the trunk. Eckel pp. 71-73; Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 185-224; Smith I: 7.

[With:] DICKENS. Dombey and Son. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. 8vo (219 x 134 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved title, 38 engraved plates (of 38) by Hablot Knight Browne (“Phiz”). (Some spotting or toning, plates with some usual browning, a few leaves with marginal chipping.) Original green cloth bind-stamped, spine gilt-lettered (rebacked preserving original spine, renewed endsheets, sunned 

FIRST EDITION, with most early issue points listed in Smith, including the earlier 2-line errata, first state vignette title, “Capatin” for “Captain” in last line on p. 324, “, and no period at end of last line on p. 582. Includes the first example of a “so-called dark plate” facing p. 547, and bound in Smith’s variant but without “London 1848” at foot. Gimbel A103; Smith I:8.