8vo (213 x 130 mm). Etched frontispiece, etched title-page, 38 etched plates by Hablot Knight Browne (“Phiz”). (Lacking half-title and list of plates, title-page trimmed short, some toning and spotting.) Later half calf gilt (some wear, hinges repaired); slipcase. Provenance: William Stather (bookplate). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, text with most of the first issue points listed in Smith including the earlier 13-line errata, and the first impression of engraved titlepage with te signpost reading “100£,” 7 studs in the trunk and signed "Phiz fecit." Eckel pp. 71-73; Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 185-224; Smith I: 7.

[With:] DICKENS. Dombey and Son. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. 8vo (213 x 130 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved title, 38 engraved plates by Hablot Knight Browne (“Phiz”). (Lacking half-title, some staining and spotting.) 19th-century half green calf gilt, marbled boards (repairs to joints, hinges and extremities, some light scuffing, some minor staining). FIRST EDITION, with most early issue points listed in Smith, including the first state vignette title, “Capatin” for “Captain” in last line on p. 324, “, and no period at end of last line on p. 582, but with the later 8-line errata. Includes the first example of a “so-called dark plate” facing p. 547. Gimbel A103; Smith I:8.