8o (220 x 147 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait of Dickens by J.H. Baker, engraved vignette title-page and 12 plates by Luke Fildes (Some occasional spotting, a few short marginal tears.) Original green cloth, decorated in black and gilt, uncut (some light rubbing or wear).

                

FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, in the first state binding with the sawtooth pattern along the edge, lacking the ads dated August 31, 1870 (as often), "...one of the best unfinished mystery stories in literature" (Eckel). Eckel, pp.96-98; Smith I:16.

 

Property of an Illinois collector