DICKENS, CHARLES. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London, 1839. Illustrated by Hablot K. Browne. 8vo, original purple cloth, gilt-lettered leather spine label, spine faded, later endpapers(?); hinges repaired, some slight browning and staining. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, first state of text (with "visiter" on p. 123, and "latter" on p. 160), first state of first four plates, variant binding (the binding used for this copy is one from the primary binding left over from Pickwick [see Smith 3] and the original title lettering for Pickwick is hidden beneath a leather label that has been applied and lettered for Nicholas Nickleby). See Smith 5.