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Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation
by Dickens, Charles (Illustrations by H.K. Browne.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
London: Bradbury & Evans 1848, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 624pp. Poor, no dust jacket. Black leather spine and corners with marbled boards, spine titles in gilt with "C. Dickens" as author. Marbled endpapers, 38 plates plus frontispiece and title page. On p.324 'captain' spelled incorrectly, p.426 lacks 'if' at line 9, 2-line errata page at back. The plates are generally clean but with age toning along the edges, the covers are very worn, the hinges are cracked and 2 previous owner names inside. Illustrations by H.K. Browne. (Fiction).
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
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 157139
- Title
- Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation
- Author
- Dickens, Charles (Illustrations by H.K. Browne.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bradbury & Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
Biblio member since 2003
Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
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