Dombey and Son (Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation)
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First Edition in book form (scarce early issue). Contemporary half-calf with marbled boards, black morocco label, gilt title. 624 pp., extra illustrated with 40 steel-plate engravings including frontis and engraved title page. Points include: 2-line errata leaf bound after preliminaries, uncorrected "capatin" page 324 last line, lines 5 and 6 from bottom of page 284 have "delight" instead of "joy." The title is also significant as the plate "On the dark road" is the first published example of the "dark plate" mechanical printing process. A very good copy showing the typical age-toning to page edges, some light foxing and minor rubbing. Size: Thick Octavo. First Edition.. Half Calf. Very Good. Illus. by H. K. Browne.
Synopsis
Charles Dickens’s story of a powerful man whose callous neglect of his family triggers his professional and personal downfall showcases the author’s gift for vivid characterization and unfailingly realistic description. It follows the narrative of a shipping firm owner, who abandoned his family in favor of fortune after rejecting his daughter’s love in preference of a son. He later reconciles with her and begs forgiveness before his death. Dombey and Son is a novel by the Victorian author Charles Dickens. It was first published in monthly parts between October 1846 and April 1848 with the full title Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation . Dickens started writing the book in Lausanne, Switzerland, but traveled extensively during the course of its writing, returning to England to begin another work before completing Dombey and Son.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000801
- Title
- Dombey and Son (Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation)
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Illustrator
- H. K. Browne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Bradbury and Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1848
- Keywords
- ENGLISH LITERATURE, DICKENS,
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- Leather Bound Books;
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Octavo
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Calf
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- Plate
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- First Edition
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Marbled boards
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Title Page
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