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DOMBEY AND SON
by DICKENS, CHARLES
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near very good
- Seller
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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About This Item
First bound edition from Parts. Contains half title, Frontpiece, Vignette titlepage, title page, imptint of Bradbury & Evans, Dedication, Preface dated March, 1848, Contents, List of plates,2 line Erratta, 320 leaves, 2-264 pages. Contains all 40 of Smith's points except page 431 missing in "some" copies. Includes page 70 missing "f" in "familiar" and "Capatin" for "Captain" on page 324. Includes all 40 of H. K. Brown's illustrations including frontpiece and vignette titlepage also the first published of Brown's "dark" plates.Condition : Recently restored in new brown Morocco and marbled paper. Original decorated spine laid on. New end papers. Text and illustrations free of foxing. Usual age toning on text. Missing half title, title, preface, list of plates and erratta replaced by facsimile copies from another copy.
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
- Cartouche Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D013
- Title
- DOMBEY AND SON
- Author
- DICKENS, CHARLES
- Illustrator
- H. K. BROWNE
- Format/Binding
- Brown Morocco half leather with marbled paper
- Book Condition
- Used - Near very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First bound fr. parts
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- BRADBURY AND EVANS
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1848
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- 8.5x5.5
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Cartouche Ltd.
Biblio member since 2019
Vancouver, Washington
About Cartouche Ltd.
Specializing in Early American Classics and Charles Dickens. Often we add value to challenged copies through expert restoration.
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- Half Title
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- Spine
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- New
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