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DOMBEY AND SON
by DICKENS, CHARLES
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada
Item Price
NZ$934.80NZ$747.84
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About This Item
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [xi]xii-xvi [2][1]2-320; [ii]321-624. Bound in blue half leather over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt lettering on spine, all edges trimmed. Bound from the original parts with the covers bound in. In addition, there are twelve extra plates bound in at the end of volume II. The last line of page 324 has the word 'Capatin' incorrectly spelled, page 426, line 9 omits the first word 'if', and page 431 is numbered correctly. The novel was issued in parts from July, 1846 to April, 1848. And it was published in book form in the same month.
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
- MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005239
- Title
- DOMBEY AND SON
- Author
- DICKENS, CHARLES
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Bradbury & Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1848
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 2.87 lbs
- Keywords
- Business, Classic Novels, Charles Dickens, Child Cruelty, betrayal, deceit, Social Classes, Monthly Parts, Hablot K. Browne, Phiz, Family Relations, Arranged Marriages,
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
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Uxbridge, Ontario
About MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
I'm an sole proprietor of Maple Ridge Books. I've been selling books for some 22 years. Although my stock is small in numbers, I am very careful to offer books in the best condition possible. I try to keep shipping costs reasonable, which is not easy these days. I am more than willing to send additional photos of books, or provide more details.
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- Edges
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- Marbled boards
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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