20 parts in 19. Illus. 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. First Edition.

Nice 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." The following are the wrapper and advertisement variants for each issue which does not collate in accordance with Hatton and Cleaver. Part I: Has wrong front wrapper (outside has erasure at Part numeral to leave only the I, inside has ad for Finden's Royal Gallery rather than Gentlemen's watches); has only first 10 pp. of 16 pp. Nickleby Advertiser. Part II: Has wrong back wrapper. Part III: Lacks fold-out 8-page ad form Joseph Amesbury's Patent Supports at back. Part IV: Lacks 8-page Nickleby Advertiser at front, and ad for Poor Man's Pill at rear. Part V: Has wrong rear wrapper; has 3 ads at rear not called for. Part VII: Lacks ad for Robert Tyas at rear. Part IX: Nickleby Advertiser lacks pp. 15-16 & 21-22. Part X: Lacks Steel Pens ad at rear. Part XI: Nickleby Advertiser lacks pp. 9-10; does have an unlisted slip. Part XII: Lacks ad for Norton Camomile Pills. Part XIX/XX lacking 2-pp and a sample illustration from Tyas's ad at rear, also insert for Hill's Seal Wafers. Hatton & Cleaver p.131. With custom-made half morocco slipcase.