[v]-xvi, [errata leaf], 624 pp. Illustrated with 40 etched plates by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz) (1 of them a "dark plate"), plus 12 additional unlisted plates by Phiz bound in, for a total of 52 plates including the frontispiece and added title. 8½x5½, half calf & marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands, morocco lettering piece, marbled endpapers. First Edition in book form.

Of the 12 unlisted plates, 8 are etched, the others are stipple engravings. They include: Miss Nipper (p.35); Old Joe Sir (p.62); Little Paul (stipple, p.119); Dombey (p.122); Polly (p.156); Old Sol & Capt. Cuttle (p.192); Miss Fox (p.297); Mrs. Skewton (p.319); Florence (stipple, p.320); Alice (stipple, p.341); Edith (stipple, p.363); and Mrs. Pipchin (p.427). With the eight-line errata slip following p.xvi; it sometimes precedes the half-title (which is not present in this copy) and is considered pp.[i-ii], and is sometimes bound in after p.624. There were also a two-line errata leaf and a twelve-line errata slip, which appear in various combinations, but most copies contain just the eight-line leaf. Smith Vol. I, 8.