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Dombey and Son
by DICKENS, Charles
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Spine sunned, lower rear joint partly split, front hinge cracked by threads holding, leather a bit dry, some toning to sheets an
- Seller
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Ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. Spine sunned, lower rear joint partly split, front hinge cracked by threads holding, leather a bit dry, some toning to sheets and occasional foxing, a few plate imprints shaved. 8vo (21 x 13.6 cm). xvi, [2], 624 pages. Lacks half-title. 2-line errata leaf. Engraved frontispiece, title, and 38 plates (including the first example of a 'dark plate', and the first use of horizontal plates) by Hablot K. Browne, all etchings except three (those facing pp. 325, 352, and 439) are lithographs (Hatton and Cleaver noting there is no priority of issue between the etchings and lithographs). Contemporary half calf, marbled boards. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, BOUND FROM THE PARTS, with stab holes visible in the gutter margins. With early issue points. Eckel, pp. 71-76; Grolier Dickens 155; Podeschi/Gimbel A103; Sadlier I: 687; Smith 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
- Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 406386
- Title
- Dombey and Son
- Author
- DICKENS, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine sunned, lower rear joint partly split, front hinge cracked by threads holding, leather a bit dry, some toning to sheets an
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bradbury & Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1848
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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