20 parts in 19, 8vo. Etched frontispiece, vignette title, and 38 etched or lithographic plates by and after Hablot K. Browne (“Phiz”). (Some toning and offsetting, occasional spotting, a few short tears not affecting text or image.) Original green pictorial printed wrappers, uncut and a few parts partially unopened (spines neatly repaired, slight soiling, some minor chipping occasional crossing border); folding case. Provenance: Various signatures to a few parts.

FIRST EDITION, IN THE ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS, early issue, with the earliest 2-line errata in part 19/20, with "Delight" twice mentioned instead of "Joy" on p. 284 of part 9, "if" lacking on p. 426 (line 9) as in the earliest issue, but with the later "431" pagination present in part 14, and "Captain" spelled correctly in the last line on p. 324 in part 11. This set has textual errors not mentioned in Hatton and Cleaver, as follows: "Octo 1847" is printed on p. 1 of the Advertiser in part 13; the dedication in part 19/20 is to "The Marchioness of Normanby [sic]" rather than "Normandy." With all text, plates, wrappers, slips, and advertisements present and will all the first issue points as called for in Hatton & Cleaver except for the following: the part 16 back outside wrapper is not in the first issue; parts 3, 15, 17 and 18 each lack a slip in the front advertisements; the back advertisements are lacking in parts 4 and 11, at least one advertisement is lacking in parts 9, 15, and 17. Additionally, this set has several advertisements bound into different parts than called for as follows: the 1p. "In December will be published" slip called for at the front of part 2 (lacking) but is bound in at the end of part 1 (not called for); the 4pp. advertisements called to precede the Advertiser in part 3 (lacking) are present at the end of part 2 (not called for); the 4pp. "Cheap Edition… Mr. Charles Dickens" with the third line reading "Now Publishing" slip is called for at the front of part 7 (lacking), but is bound in at the end of part 6 (not called for); part 12 has an additional 4pp. slip "Cheap Edition… Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton" not called for bound in at the end. Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 227-250; Yale/Gimbel A102.

[With:] BROWNE, Hablot K. and R. YOUNG. Dombey and Son. The Four Portraits of Edith, Florence, Alice, and Little Paul. London: Chapman and Hall, 1848. 4 engraved plates. Original printed green wrappers (slight staining). [Also with:] BROWNE, Hablot K. Dombey and Son. Full-length Portraits of Dombey & Carter, Miss Tox, Mrs. Skewton, Mrs. Pipchin, Old Sol. & Capt. Cuttle, Major Bagstock, Miss Nipper, Polly. In Eight Plates. London: Chapman and Hall, 1848. 8 engraved plates. Original green printed wrappers (slight chipping and toning).