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DICKENS, CHARLESLittle Dorrit. London: Chapman and Hall, 1857 8vo (215 x 129mm.), FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, etched frontispiece, pictorial title-page and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz", including 8 'dark' plates, contemporary half green calf, marbled boards, spine gilt with inlaid calf label letetred in gilt, marbled edges, plates offset and spotted, binding rubbed at extremities The third of Dickens' novels to explore life in contemporary England all of which expressed his anger and deep concern at the general conditions and scorn of the governing institutions. A sad story reflecting his own childhood suffering, with the swindling financier Merdle embodying society's greed, gullibility and speculation. LITERATURE: Smith I: 12 PROVENANCE: Robert F. Watson, book labelCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The