Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens - 1857

Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens (author of A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, etc.) Hardcover First Book Edition (originally issued as a magazine serial, 19 installments 1855-7) Bradbury and Evans,1857. Fine Signed-Binding Bound by Morrell Book Binder, London, probably circa 1900, very small stamp on the top edge of the ffep: Morrell. Binder. London. Contains 39 illustrated plate engravings (including frontispiece). (NOTE: a signed-binding means the binding was signed by the bookbinder, not by the author.)

Size, Collation and Condition: Very nice size 8vo/Octavo, 9"x5.5"x1.75" (22.75x14x4.5cm), bound by Morrell Book Binder, London, in light brown leather with parallel lines on front and back cover edges, decorative spine and bands. (original bindings of Dickens books are sometimes quite rare). Frontispiece, engraved Title Page, letterpress Title Page, Dedication (iii), Preface (v-vii), Contents (ix-xii), List of Plates (xiii-xiv), Main Text (1-625). Beautiful book, with almost NO foxing on any of the pages, very clean, not often found in this condition.

Just about Fine binding in Near Fine+ to Fine pages. A superior example.

NOTE: The pictures are of the actual item for sale. (The pictures are NOT stock photos.) Some pictures may have a slight blue colour to the gutter. This is NOT indicative of the book, just a picture error which occurs on my scanner occasional.