Dombey and Son

Author: Dickens, Charles
Title: Dombey and Son
Publication: London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848
Edition: First Edition

Description: Browne, H. K. Leather bound. Octavo, [19], xii-xvi, [1], 2-624, [4]. First edition with first edition points. Marbled boards with leather accents. Some scuffing on leather. Marbled boards with some scratches. Some chipping on top of spine. Firm binding; no loose pages. Heavy foxing on illustrations and some endpapers; light foxing in text area. Includes pasted-in statement that the book was purchased at the "Old Curiosity Shop" and at Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon. Some writing on end paper. This is a large or heavy book and may require additional shipping charges to mail outside of the United States.

First edition points present are: 2 line errata page after list of plates, with 12 line errata slip tipped in, Cuttle's hook on left arm, extra illustrated title page with 1848, on p. xv there is no page entry for the frontispiece and vignette, nor are there quotation marks around "the Party" in the second entry; on p. 14, ten lines up, "aint" has no apostrophe; on p. 26, line 11 has "fidgetty"; on p. 40, "shewed" and "shew" are found for "showed" and "show"; and on p. 582, the last line has no period, the famous dark plate opposite p.547, p.97 'the register' for 'that register', p.100 'probably' for 'possibly', p.101 'dull crying' for 'dull cooing', p.102 'Quintius' before 'Curtius'. Fair.

'Dombey and Son,' originally serialized like many of Dickens's novels, follows the fortunes of a shipping firm owner, disappointed at the lack of a son to follow him in his footsteps. He initially rejects his daughter's love but eventually reconciles with her before his death. 'Dombey and Son' includes many familiar Dickensian themes, such as arranged marriages, child cruelty, betrayal and deceit, and relations between people from various British social classes. It was published in 1848 after its serialization. Illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz").

Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 - 1870) was an English novelist and social critic who created some of the world's most colorful and best-known fictional characters, creating the term "Dickensian" for colorful characters and themes he visited frequently. He is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during and after his lifetime and his novels and short stories and other writings remain popular today.

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