London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. First edition in book form, first issue. 8vo. xiv, (ii), 624 pp.; lacking half-title. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title-page, and 38 engraved plates, by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"). Twentieth-century three-quarter brown calf over red cloth-covered boards, stamped in blind and in gilt, red morocco spine label; red speckled edges; old ownership signature on vignette title-page and title-page; scattered spotting to text; some foxing to edges of plates, as usual. Smith 1, 9; Eckel pp. 75-77

A handsome copy.