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 minor spotting, slight offsetting.) Original green pictorial printed wrappers, uncut and a few partially unopened (a few spines with some chipping and old repairs, slight soiling); slipcase. Provenance: Various signatures or annotations to a few parts; Hale & Roworth Stationers (their ticket part 14 front wrapper).

FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS. NEARLY COMPLETE WITH ALL TEXT, PLATES, WRAPPERS, SLIPS, AND ADVERTISEMENTS as called for in Hatton & Cleaver and in the first state, except for the following: "if" is lacking at the beginning of line 9 on p. 426 as in the earliest issue, but with the p. 431 (not present in earlier copies); parts 2, 3, and 16 are lacking at least one front advertisement; part 1 lacks the back advertisements, and parts 4, 6, and 19/20 lack at least one advertisement at the back; the back wrapper on part 1 is not a first issue. Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 227-250.