77/1307 Dickens, C. Our Mutual Friend. London, Chapman and Hall, 1864/ 1865, 1st ed., 20 parts in 19 vols., 40 steelengr. plates by M. STONE, orig. unif. green wr. w. steelengr. ill. by M. STONE, kept in contemp. cl. dropback box.

- Without the rare Economic Life assurance ad following the plates in part 14 and 19/ 20. First part lower wrapper loose; occas. sl. foxed; on 7 parts w. contemp. owner's entry in upper outer corner of frontwrapper in pen and ink ("Lady Binning Mellerstam"). All wrappers occas. sl. frayed along margins.

= Part 9: back advertisements 6 and 7 bound in other order. Part 15 contains 2 copies of "The Book of Perfumes" advertisement. Part 18 with extra advertisement at the back "Messrs, Chapman and Hall's/ New publications" (same as in part 17). Part 19/20 advertisement for "Foreign Bank Notes" on bright orange paper. "The reader slip" in part 1 . annot. on verso by Godfried Bomans in ballpoint: "This is to testify that these 19 monthly parts form the 20 numbers of "O.M.F." as they were originally issued, Godfried Bomans" and w. stamp of "The Dickens Fellowship. Haarlem - Branch. Holland". Hatton and Cleaver p.345-377.