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Dombey and Son

Dombey and Son

Dombey and Son

Dombey and Son

by DICKENS, Charles

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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.. First edition. 8vo. xvi, (ii), 624 pp. 19th century dark green half morocco over matching ribbed cloth boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered to one panel, gilt decorated to other compartments, gilt rules to sides, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Frontispiece, title vignette and thirty-eight plates, extra illustrated with 4 additional engraved portraits bearing Chapman and Hall imprints. Extremities slightly rubbed, some browning to the plates as usual, mostly to the edges, a very good copy. Smith, 1, 8. Complete with the half title and the earlier issued two line errata, the latter bound after the preliminaries.

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's Inventory #
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Title
Dombey and Son
Author
DICKENS, Charles
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
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Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
London: Bradbury and Evans
Date Published
1848.
Keywords
Literature

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First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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...
Half Title
The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
Errata
Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
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...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Vignette
A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
Raised Band(s)
Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...

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