With Illustrations by Hablot Browne.
(Three monthly numbers published, from October to the close of the
year.) Bradbury & Evans. (During this year Messrs. Bradbury & Evans
published "for the Author," in numbers uniform with the other serials,
and afterwards in a single volume, _The Adventures of Oliver Twist, or
the Parish Boy's Progress_. By Charles Dickens. With 24 Illustrations by
George Cruikshank. A new Edition, revised and corrected.).

THE BATTLE OF LIFE. A Love Story. By Charles Dickens. Illustrated by
Maclise R.A., Stanfield R.A., Richard Doyle, and John Leech. (Dedicated
to his "English Friends in Switzerland.") Bradbury & Evans (for the
Author). ii. 230; 241, 242; 279, 280; 284, 285; 286-289; 293-297;
303-311.

1847.

DEALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF DOMBEY AND SON. (Twelve numbers published
monthly during the year.) Bradbury & Evans.

FIRST CHEAP ISSUE OF THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS. An Edition, printed
in double columns, and issued in weekly three-halfpenny numbers. The
first number, being the first of _Pickwick_, was issued in April 1847;
and the volume containing that book, with preface dated September 1847,
was published in October. New prefaces were for the most part prefixed
to each story, and each volume had a frontispiece. The first series
(issued by Messrs. Chapman and Hall, and closing in September 1852)
comprised Pickwick, Nickleby, Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge, Chuzzlewit,
Oliver Twist, American Notes, Sketches by Boz, and Christmas Books. The
second (issued by Messrs. Bradbury & Evans, and closing in 1861)
contained Dombey and Son, David Copperfield, Bleak House, and Little
Dorrit. The third, issued by Messrs. Chapman & Hall, has since included
Great Expectations (1863), Tale of Two Cities (1864), Hard Times and
Pictures from Italy (1865), Uncommercial Traveller (1865), and Our
Mutual Friend (1867). Among the Illustrators employed for the
Frontispieces were Leslie R.A., Webster R.A., Stanfield R.A., George
Cattermole, George Cruikshank, Frank Stone A.R.A., John Leech, Marcus
Stone, and Hablot Browne. See ii. 326 and 388.

1848.

DEALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF DOMBEY & SON: WHOLESALE, RETAIL, AND FOR
EXPORTATION. (Five numbers issued monthly, the last being a double
number, from January to April; in which latter month the complete work
was published with dedication to Lady Normanby and preface dated
Devonshire-terrace, 24th of March.) Bradbury & Evans, ii. 102; 107; 219;
220; 230; 241; 265; 27