3 volumes, 8vo (200 x 117 mm). Half-titles to vols. I&II with advertisements verso, publisher's advertisements vols.I&III. Etched frontispiece to each volume and 21 plates after George Cruikshank. (Some very minor offsetting.) 19th-century polished tan calf gilt, maroon and brown lettering-pieces gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Zaehnsdorf (a few small scuffs); original covers bound in. 

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST ENGLISH NOVEL TO FEATURE A YOUNG CHILD AS A PROTAGONIST, with the "Fireside" plate at p.312 in vol.III, and authorship ascribed to "Boz" on each title-page. Dickens opposed the "Fireside" plate, and also objected to having "Boz" on the title-page; the plate was replaced with the "Church" plate, and his name was added to the title-page in later issues. Eckel, p.59-60; Gimbel A27; Smith I:4. A FINE COPY.