Charles Dickens — Bleak House

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' 'Bleak House', bound in half calf and complete with H. K. Browne's classic illustrations. First edition, first issue in book form. First published as a 20-episode serial between 12 March 1852 and 12 September 1853. With the following first issue points: "elgble" on page 19, line 6; "chair" on page 209, line 23; "counsinship" on page 275, line 22. In a half calf binding with marbled paper covered boards. Rebacked, with the original back strip and boards laid down.  With the frontispiece, vignette title page and thirty-eight plates by Hablot Knight Browne, known by his pen name "Phiz", an English illustrator famous for his contributions to ten of Dickens' books.  Collated, complete.  One of Dickens' most ambitious novels, Bleak House centres around a disparate group of people whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs. Inspired by a true story, the novel actually helped support a judicial reform, in the form of the 1870s Judicature Acts.   In a half calf binding with marbled paper covered boards. Morocco spine label. Rebacked, with the original back strip and boards laid down. Externally, with fading to the spine and rubbing to the extremities. Slight loss to the corners of the original backstrip and boards. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting and toning typically found to the plates and facing pages. Good . Ill.: H. K. Browne. Good .