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DICKENS, CHARLES [2 titles], Dombey and Son.
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Estimate:
$300 - $500
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$650
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163: Rare Books
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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.
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.