first edition Hardcover
1869 · London
by Dickens, Charles
London: John Camden Hotten, 1869. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 372 pages of text including an index, followed by [vi] pages of advertisement. Original publisher's yellow paper wrappers are bound in, and are printed on both sides, adding [iii] pages of advertisements. Includes a small tipped-in printed slip, containing a publisher's advertisement for "Charles Dickens. The Story of His Life." Full navy fine leather binding by Zaehnsdorf for E. P. Dutton & Co., New York. Three maroon leather spine labels. Top edge gilt. Minimal shelfwear. Marbled endpapers. The text is clean and unmarked, though the (truncated)