Dombey And Son
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
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About This Item
This is a first edition of Dickens' 7th serialized novel, 'Dombey and Son' smartly bound in contemporay half-calf. This edition carries several first state hallmarks, including the vignette of Captian Cuttle with hook on his left arm, no page entry for the frontis and title page on page ixv, p.14 'aint' has no apostrophe, p.582's last line has no full stop. The book includes 38 plates by H.K. Bronwe (Phiz) and an engraved frontispiece and vignette to title page. Very Good Condition. Half-bound in brown calf with marble paper covered boards. Bound by Simms & Dinham of Manchester. Binding is firm and pages are light tanned. Plates carry the usual light browning and foxing that is common with Dickens plates. Boards have light edge-wear with minor peeling to leather at corners and spine ends. Spine is sound and gilt lettering remains bright.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Hewett's Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 246
- Title
- Dombey And Son
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Illustrator
- H.K. Browne
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bradbury & Evans
- Date Published
- 1848
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- First Edition
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- First State
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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- Vignette
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- Gilt
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