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DICKENS (CHARLES) Dombey and Son, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, Bradbury & Evans, 1848 image 1
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CHARLES DICKENS: THE COLLECTION OF W.H. COLLIS OF LIVERPOOL
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DICKENS (CHARLES)
Dombey and Son, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, Bradbury & Evans, 1848

1 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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DICKENS (CHARLES)

Dombey and Son, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, early issue, half-title, etched frontispiece, additional vignette title and 38 plates by H.K. Browne ["Phiz"], 2-line errata leaf after list of plates, foxing to most plates and occasionally text, publisher's green cloth, variant binding with blind-stamped borders on sides and arabesque-style pattern on spine, cloth at lower joint split and fraying, spine faded [Gimbel A103; Smith II:8], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1848

Footnotes

Early issue of the first edition in book form, in a variant green cloth binding. This copy has the following issue points: 2-line errata slip; the frontispiece and plate at p.238 with Captain Cuttle's hook on his left arm; "Delight" for "Joy" in 3 lines on p.284; "Capatin" on p.324, last line; "if" nor printed on p.426, line 9; p.431 with page number printed.

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