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, expert paper repairs to backstrips, generally clean covers with minimal soiling, edgewear or fading; plate in last number with ink stamp, majority of plates show moderate to heavy browning; cloth clamshell box. First edition in original monthly parts. Lacking the 8 page "Grace Aguilar's Works" slip in part 16, retaining others, including Bleak House advertiser in each, and the scarce "Village Pastor" booklet in part 15. Eckel, pp. 79-81; Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 275-304. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1852-53