Little Dorrit [First Edition] Charles Dickens Fiction

1857. First Edition. 625 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound brown leather with green cloth. Includes illustrated plates, title page and frontispiece by H K Browne, all present as expected. First edition issue points on pXIV, 317, 371 and 469-473. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Some occasional stains to text which remains legible. Plates tanned with some heavy foxing and marking. Previous owner's signature to endpapers. Moderate cracking throughout. Heavy cracking at the hinges with exposed binding material. pp229-236 loosening. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, and rub wear all over. Peeling and loss to leather elements. Some crushing to spine ends. Heavy splitting, peeling and loss to the head, tail and front joint. Gilt lettering is darkened. Book has a slight forward lean. Some red colouring transfers from leather on contact.