1848 Charles Dickens 1st ed Dombey & Son English Literature Illustrated Phiz ART



“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”

? Charles Dickens



While not regarded today as Charles Dickens best work, Dombey and Son was a polarizing novel that captured the hearts of its readers. In fact, the Grolier Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Works of Dickens notes

“that there was nothing in all Dickenss writings better than the life and death of Paul Dombey. The chapter describing his death threw a whole nation into mourning.”



This work was first published in 20 monthly installments; this first book edition features the same engravings by H.K. Browne, which are “considered the best efforts of H.K. Browne”. (Grolier). It features the two original pen-and-ink drawings by Browne each signed Phiz.



A rare and impressive early edition printing of Dombey and Son, complete with the first edition points listed below.



Item number: #21438

Price: $599



DICKENS, Charles



Dombey and Son



London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. 1st edition , early printing.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

xvi, [2], 624

Illustrated with 40 engravings

References: Grolier, Dickens 155

First edition points:

Title page: Cuttles hook is on left arm

p. xv no page listed for frontispiece and vignette, no quotation marks around “the party”

p. 14, 10 lines up: "aint" has no apostrophe

p. 26, line 11: "fidgetty"

p. 40, lines 16/17 "shewed" and "shew" instead of showed and show

p. 284, 5 lines up: "Delight" instead of "Joy"

p. 324, last line: Captain correctly spelled

p. 547 "Dark Plate" is present

p. 582, last line: final period not included

Language: English

Binding: Leather, tight and secure

Beautiful, decorative leather with marbled boards

Size: ~8.25in X 5.75in (21cm x 14.5cm)



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