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DICKENS (Charles) Bleak House; Little Dorrit; both first editions in book form, 1853 and 1857, 8vo, browning and foxing to plates, half calf, rubbed; Our Mutual Friend, 2 vols., 1865, 8vo, illustrated by Marcus Stone, light foxing, half calf (4)Note: Little Dorrit has first issue points - signature BB2 misprinted as "B2" at page 371; "William" instead of "Frederick" on page 317, line 27; and the name "Rigaud" appears instead of "Blandois" on pages 469, 470, 472, and 473.Bleak House with first plate loose and chipped: with the issue points including p.xvi with five Errata, p.19 line 6 'elgble', p.209 line 23 'chair' for 'hair', p.275 line 22 'counsinship', and p.529 line 32 'picter'.

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