The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. With Illus. by Phiz.

 Charles Dickens; Hablot Knight Browne

London: Chapman & Hall, 1844

First edition in book form.  Bound in contemporary straight-grain brown morocco ruled in gilt by Bayntun.  Good binding and cover. Marbled end pages. Blue printed wrappers bound in. Engraved book plate of Wilhelmus Mynderse (of New York).  Early signature of William B. Layton, 1845.  xiv, [1], 624 pages frontispiece, 38 plates. Illustrations by "Phiz".  Issued previously in 20 numbers from Jan. 1843 to July 1844. Cf. J.C. Eckel. The first editions of the writings of Charles Dickens (1913) p. 68.  Smith I, 7 with title in Smith's state 1; Gimbel A74.