DICKENS, CHARLES. Bleak House. London: Bradbury and Evans, March 1852-September 1853. 40 etched plates by Hablot K. Browne. 20 parts in 19, 8vo, original blue-green pictorial printed wrappers, 2 spines defective (with a few covers detached), other spines with chipping and wear at ends; plates mostly darkened or foxed; full morocco pull-off case. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PARTS, the Bleak House Advertiser in each part and most of the other inserted advertisements (incomplete in 6 parts). Contains the scarce insert The Village Pastor in part 15. Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 275-304.