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Dickens, Charles.
Little Dorrit.
Publisher: Bradbury & Evans, London;
Date of Publication: 1857
Stock Code: 9084
First edition. Conforms with all the issue points as described in Smith. Octavo, pp., xiv, 625, [1]. Engraved and letterpress title-pages, plus 39 engraved plates, including frontispiece with tissue guard, by H. K. Browne. as called for. Rich dark brown half-calf; spine on four raised bands, gilt titles to black leather spine label, floral rolls to bands and edges in gilt, and blind-patterned compartments; brown moire cloth-covered boards. Spine lightly sunned, and rubbed with small surface loss to edges and at tail; boards scuffed, with wear to corners. Inner hinges cracked but holding; a few loose leaves. A little scattered foxing, and minor offsetting from plates. Gift inscription to front free end-paper to Nelly [Gwendolen] Eales dated 1889; Nelly Eales, neé Forman, was the daughter of the notorious Victorian bookseller and forger Harry Buxton Forman. Dickens’ satirical and much-loved novel highlighting the plight of those imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea prison, where the Author’s own father was incarcerated. Originally published in 19 monthly instalments from 1855-1857, the story has been adapted for the screen five times and remains a favourite today. Harry Buxton Forman is now best known for the series of forgeries he undertook with fellow bibliographer Thomas James Wise. The pair forged works by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, John Ruskin, Matthew Arnold and others. £250.00