![[DICKENS, Charles]. Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury and Evans, December 1855-June 1857. 20 original parts in 19, 8° (224 x 135mm). Etched frontispiece, additional title and 38 plates by and after Hablot K. Browne. (Plates heavily browned, offset or spotted, pts 12 and 17 creased at upper margin, nick to first plate in pt. 18, lacking some advertisements and slips including all the rear ads in pt 4, pp. 7-8 of front ads in pt 8 torn with severe loss.) Original blue-green pictorial wrappers etched by Hablot K. Browne (some nicks to covers, chips and neat repairs to spines, occasinal soiling but covers generally clean and fresh).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2010/CSK/2010_CSK_05475_0242_000([dickens_charles]_little_dorrit_london_bradbury_and_evans_december_185073531).jpg?w=1)
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[DICKENS, Charles]. Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury and Evans, December 1855-June 1857. 20 original parts in 19, 8° (224 x 135mm). Etched frontispiece, additional title and 38 plates by and after Hablot K. Browne. (Plates heavily browned, offset or spotted, pts 12 and 17 creased at upper margin, nick to first plate in pt. 18, lacking some advertisements and slips including all the rear ads in pt 4, pp. 7-8 of front ads in pt 8 torn with severe loss.) Original blue-green pictorial wrappers etched by Hablot K. Browne (some nicks to covers, chips and neat repairs to spines, occasinal soiling but covers generally clean and fresh).
FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PARTS. First issue of part 15 with name 'Rigaud' used instead of 'Blandois', and with correction slip in part 16. Dickens's eleventh novel, written in the aftermath of the Crimean war, is dominated by the Marshalsea Prison, where his own father had been a 'boarder', and shows its lasting effect on the heroine's family. The downfall and suicide of Merdle, the swindling financier, was based on two real cases. Despite critical opposition, the book became a firm favourite, the parts issue reaching a circulation of 35,000. Eight 'dark' plates are included among Phiz's illustrations. Eckel pp. 82-85; Haton and Cleaver pp. 305-330; Gimbel A140. (19)
FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PARTS. First issue of part 15 with name 'Rigaud' used instead of 'Blandois', and with correction slip in part 16. Dickens's eleventh novel, written in the aftermath of the Crimean war, is dominated by the Marshalsea Prison, where his own father had been a 'boarder', and shows its lasting effect on the heroine's family. The downfall and suicide of Merdle, the swindling financier, was based on two real cases. Despite critical opposition, the book became a firm favourite, the parts issue reaching a circulation of 35,000. Eight 'dark' plates are included among Phiz's illustrations. Eckel pp. 82-85; Haton and Cleaver pp. 305-330; Gimbel A140. (19)
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