Ten Thousand a Year

London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1841. First English edition. 3 vols. 8vo. Original drab gray boards, paper spines with printed labels. Bindings show signs of earlier restoration, some small chips to heads and labels, upper board of Vol. I detached. First English edition. 3 vols. 8vo. Bearing a contemporary inscription by the author: "Mr. Serjeant Talfourd from his sincere friend the author, 13th Nov. 1841." Talfourd was a judge and friend of the literati of his day. He was one of Dickens' intimates and often advised the authors he knew on legal matters.