Dombey and Son. by DICKENS, Charles - 1848

London: Bradbury and Evans,, 1848. Octavo. Handsomely bound by Bayntun of Bath in early 20th century blue half morocco, spine gilt in compartments with titles direct, blue cloth sides and endpapers, all edges gilt. Etched vignette, frontispiece and 38 plates by "Phiz" (H. K. Browne), and extra-illustrated with 12 other engraved plates by Phiz. Nicks to ends and corners, sound and clean, and excellent copy. First edition, handsomely bound by Bayntun and extra-illustrated with the 12 character plates by "Phiz" (eight engraved solely by him and dated 1848, four vignetted within an oval frame and engraved by both "Phiz" and Robert Young). "With the author's sanction, 'Phiz,' co-operating with Robert Young, etched four extra plates for this work. They were fine portraits of Little Paul, Edith, Florence and Alice, and much praise was bestowed on them. Also were made eight additional full length portraits of the other leading characters" (Eckel p. 76). The two sets went on sale at one shilling and two shillings respectively and "sold briskly" (Paul Schlicke ed., The Oxford Companion to Dickens, 2011, p. 61). This copy has the following first issue points: title-page vignette has Captain Cuttle's hook on his left arm; p. xv, no page entry for the frontispiece and vignette and no quotations marks around "the Party" line 2; p. 14, ten lines up, "aint" with no apostrophe; p.26, line 11 "fidgetty"; p.40 "shewed" and "shew"; p.284, fifth and sixth lines from the bottom, "Delight"; p.582, last line no full stop.