1848 Dombey and Son - Charles Dickens - First Edition, First Issue

Charles Dickens

Published by Bradbury & Evans, 1848

Condition: Fair Hardcover

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COLL1848HMNX Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation by Charles Dickens, Bradbury & Evans, London, 1848, ***First Edition First Issue, 624 pp, frontispiece, vignette title page, 38 plates after Hablot K. Browne including the dark plate On the Road, facing p. 547, half leather, 8.5 x 5.5 , 8vo. ***Points of First Issue: 1) In the title-page vignette, Capt. Cuttle's hook is erroneously on his left arm. 2) Frontispiece shows no pagination on page xv line 1 & no quotation marks around "the Party" on the same page line 2. 3) Page 14 ten lines from bottom: "aint" has no apostrophe. 4) Page 26 line 11: "fidgetty" misspelt. 5) Page 40 lines 16 & 17: "shewed" and "shew" instead of "showed" and "show". 6) Page 284 5th and 6th lines from the bottom: "delight" instead of "joy". 7) Page 324 last line: "Capatin" instead of "Captain". 8) Page 582 last line: no period found at end of sentence. In fair condition. Moderate wear to extremities with scuffing to tips down to board. Rubbing and slight loss on boards. Toning to marbled covers. Joints tender with cracking. Spine faded, discolored with split at top compartment at first raised band. Gilt tooling bright and clean, albeit slightly rubbed. Loss at head of spine with cord exposed. Front gutter tender with cracking. All edges marbled. Free of ownership or known markings. Typical toning at edges with heavier toning at plates. Foxing at edges of plates, some light soiling. Binding intact. Please see photos. Dickens seventh novel bound from the original parts with stab holes present. First edition, first issue in book form. With the eight-line errata . COLL1848HMNX 02/24 - HKREVISION. Seller Inventory # RAREB1848HSTX

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Title: 1848 Dombey and Son - Charles Dickens - ...

Publisher: Bradbury & Evans

Publication Date: 1848

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition

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Robin Rare Books is the RARE BOOKS DIVISION of the Midtown Scholar Bookstore. Established in 2001, we are the LARGEST ACADEMIC USED BOOKSTORE between New York and Chicago, with more than TWO MILLION second-hand and out-of-print SCHOLARLY BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS. Our Harrisburg shop has been named the region's Best Independent Bookstore.

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Chosen as Publishers Weekly's 2023 Bookstore of the Year! Robin Rare Books is the RARE BOOKS DIVISION of the Midtown Scholar Bookstore. Established in 2001, we are the LARGEST ACADEMIC USED BOOKSTORE between New York and Chicago, with more than TWO MILLION second-hand and out-of-print SCHOLARLY BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS. Our Harrisburg shop has been named the region's Best Independent Bookstore. ... A buyer is eligible to receive a full refund if a book is not in the condition described.

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