Little Dorrit. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First Edition, First Issue. Pp xiv, 625. Contemporary half green morocco, marbled boards, spine compartments embellished in gilt, with russet title label. Scattered browning & foxing to frontispiece, engraved title-page & plate margins (common in this edition), otherwise a very good copy, handsomely bound.
First book edition of Dickens's satire of the British class system.
Illustrated with 39 engraved plates by H.K. Browne, better known by his pen name, Phiz. He illustrated many of the works of Charles Dickens and other prominent 19th century writers including Charles Lever and Harrison Ainsworth.