20 parts in 19. Illustrated with 40 plates, 39 of them designed & etched on steel by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), the 40th being a portrait of Dickens engraved by Finden from the painting by Maclise. 8¾x5½, original green wrappers with woodcut design by Browne. Housed in a custom green cloth drop-back box. First Edition.

A nice complete set of an early Dickens' novel in parts. This set has the first issue points in Parts IV and V, i.e. Part IV, p.123, line 17, "visiter" for "sister"; and Part V, p.160, line 6 up, "latter" for "letter." Third State of Plate 16 omitting the word 'in' from title; plates not called for in Part 14 (delayed by publisher)have been removed from Part 15 and inserted in Part 14; Third State of Plate 29 with "III" below footstool. Advertisements consistent with those described in Hatton & Cleaver except as follows: Part 1, ad for Francis West Optician with outer pages printed (versus blank outer pages called for by H & C); Part 3, lacking ad for Churton's Library and ad for Amesbury's Patent Supports; Part 6, with ads at rear matching ads called for in part 10 (no rear ads called for in H & C); Part 8, lacking ad for Robert Tyas; Part 19/20 with rear wrapper matching rear wrapper of Part 15, Hill's Seal Wafers ad lacking wafers (as usual).