20 parts in 19, 8vo (223 x 140 mm). Half-title, title, contents, preface, list of plates and errata in the final part; etched frontispiece, vignette title-page and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"). (Plates with toning as usual, some light spotting and creasing, plates loose in part XIV.) Original blue-green pictorial printed wrappers (some light chipping and soiling); slipcase and chemise. Provenance: E.M. Freer, Esq. (signature on head of front wrapper in 5 parts). 

FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS, the vignette title-page in the first state signed "Phiz fecit." with the signpost reading "100£" and with 7 studs in the lid of the trunk, but with later 14-line errata. Parts XIX and XX in the first issue wrapper with the 2 additional lines on the back inside at foot. All plates, text, and advertisements, including "The Chuzzlewit Advertiser," complete as called for in Hatton & Cleaver with the exception of part VII which is lacking the rare advertisement slip, as is common. Hatton & Cleaver, pp.183-212; Eckel, pp. 66-70.