DICKENS, CHARLES. Bleak House. 20 parts in 19. Forty inserted plates, including frontispiece and vignette title by H. K. Browne. 8vo, blue-green wrappers printed in black, crude paper backings on 3 numbers, moderate chipping to backstrip ends, wrapper detached on 2 numbers including 19/20 with stitching broken, bookseller's label on front wrap of 3 numbers; occasional foxing and offsetting of plates; custom cloth chemise and 1/4 morocco slipcase. First edition in original monthly parts. Partly lacking ads in 11 numbers including the 8 page "Grace Aguilar's Works" slip in part 16, but with the scarce "Village Pastor" booklet in part 15. Eckel, pp. 79-81; Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 275-304. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1852-53