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DICKENS, CHARLES [2 titles], Dombey and Son.
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$300 - $500
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DICKENS, CHARLES [2 titles]
Dombey and Son.
London: Bradbury and Evans 1848, first edition in book form. xvi, [2], half title page, frontispiece, added engraved title page with the Bradbury & Evans imprint dated 1848, and 38 additional leaves of plates. ​First edition points include: in the added engraved title page vignette, Capt. Cuttle's hook is on his left arm; 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"; with the word "Captain" spelled "Capatin". 215mm, bound in contemporary half leather with title label, pebble cloth boards, spotting on the endpapers and a few sports throughout, generally clean. VG copy. 2. Hard Times and Pictures from Italy. London: Chapman & Hall 1866. 304p, frontis by Houghton. Two books in one volume. 185mm, An attractive contemporary half leather binding with marbled boards and gilt to spine. VG copy.