Dickens returned to crime fiction for his highly-rated final story, the 'Mystery of Edwin Drood' but this was unfinished and the case unsolved. 'Bleak House' is essentially a classic whodunit, professionally solved, which became only the second entry (after Poe's 'Tales') in the Haycraft-Queen cornerstone list of crime fiction. Note: Although many of Dickens most famous works are crawling with crime, it is just this title that can be firmly placed in the murder mystery category. Gilt fresh and bright, the covers unblemished. The binding is tight and secure, the hinges perfectly preserved. A superb copy, internally remarkably crisp and clean, however there is some light offsetting, notably without previous ownership markings. Bound without publisher's advertisements at the end. "Phiz") including frontispiece and vignette title-page. Rear board with gilt impressed authors facsimile signature. Upper board with gilt impressed oval portrait vignette of the author. Spine with five raised bands, the compartments and bands fully gilt ruled, tooled and lettered. Finely bound in dark-green full morocco, signed by Bayntun-Riviere, Bath, England.
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