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Dombey and Son
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Bound in full brown straight grained calf, a.e.g., spine gilt, with contrasting title labels. Fine. Bookplate of Samuel Augustin
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About This Item
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First edition. Vignette title and 39 plates by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). xvi, 624 pp., lacking errata leaf. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full brown straight grained calf, a.e.g., spine gilt, with contrasting title labels. Fine. Bookplate of Samuel Augustine Courtauld and his signature dated June 1918. First edition. Vignette title and 39 plates by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). xvi, 624 pp., lacking errata leaf. 1 vols. 8vo. Published in parts between 1846 and 1848, and illustrated by "Phiz" (Hablot Knight Browne), Dombey and Son follows Paul Dombey and his two children, Florence and Paul, and the trials and tribulations of the family and the shipping company Paul Dombey hopes to pass on to his son. Smith I:8
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
- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 312241
- Title
- Dombey and Son
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Vignette title and 39 plates by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). xvi, 624 pp., lacking errata leaf. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Bound in full brown straight grained calf, a.e.g., spine gilt, with contrasting title labels. Fine. Bookplate of Samuel Augustin
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Bradbury & Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1848
- Keywords
- British | Charles Dickens
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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