Tulkinghorn, tracks down the signee as a recently deceased legal writer named Nemo. Lady Dedlock is a beneficiary of Jarndyce and Jarndyce, and during a meeting with a lawyer, she identifies the handwriting on one of the wills. Sir Leicester Dedlock and his wife, Honoria Dedlock, live at Chesney Wold. Jarndyce and Jarndyce has been dragging on for so long that few people can even remember the exact cause or details of the case, though a fortune is at stake. The case concerns an inheritance about which there are competing wills and many possible beneficiaries.

In London in the early 19th century, the court has been occupied by Jarndyce and Jarndyce for some time. The Court of Chancery is a special part of the British legal system that handles unique cases. Good condition and scarce in original sandcloth.Content Warning: The source material contains references to alcoholism, drug use, racist stereotypes, domestic abuse and violence, and suicide. Light soiling, wear top and bottom of spine. When Oxford University Press decided to print a set of Dickens' works, this was the edition that was chosen. Dickens re-edited his works for this edition with the intention of developing an authoritative version of his works. This is an uncorrected copy of the first edition printing. 82-83 are present, except for a couple of conditional ones. All of the internal flaws noted in Smith pp. This is identical to the address of the variant vignette title page noted by Smith, p. 81), lacking a publication date and with 193 Piccadilly as Chapman and Hall's address. The title page is identical to that in Smith (p.

The frontispiece and vignette title page are identical to the 1853 first edition, except that Chapman and Hall replaces Bradbury and Evans on the vignette. 38 engraved plates, plus frontispiece and vignette, 40 illustrations in total. 624 pp., blank endpaper, colored endpaper. Dedication, 1853 preface (vi-x), Contents (xi-xiv), List of Plates (xv-xvi) and Errata (xvi) with 5 entries. Engraved frontispiece, protective tissue, engraved title vignette, title with publication place (no date) to verso. 'BLEAK HOUSE.' (short swollen rule), 'CHARLES DICKENS.' (all caps), 'ILLUSTRATED', ORIGINAL EDITION' (all caps) appear on the spine in gilt. 1866 as part of the 'Charles Dickens Edition' or 'Original Edition' set, Bleak House is in its original fine brown sandcloth (also called 'diapercloth') binding, with a blindstamped rule around the edges.

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