DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Dombey and Son. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846-1948.

20 parts in 19, 8vo (225 x 143 mm). Etched frontispiece, vignette title, and 38 etched or lithographic plates by and after Hablot K. Browne. Preliminary leaves bound in at the end of part XIX/XX, including 2-line errata; errata slip in part XIX/XX. (Browning, staining and spotting throughout.) Original blue-green pictorial printed wrappers (part I wrapper supplied from part V from another copy and numbered by hand, many other wrappers apparently supplied, part VI wrapper laid down, many spines perished, some soiling or staining, a few repairs, chipping); slipcase and chemise.

FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS. "The Dombey and Son" advertiser, and other advertisements largely incomplete (complete listing available on request).

[With:] BROWNE, Hablot K. and R. YOUNG. Dombey and Son. The Four Portraits of Edith, Florence, Alice, and Little Paul. London: Chapman and Hall, 1848. Original wrappers. -- BROWNE, Hablot K. Dombey and Son. Full-length Portraits of Dombey & Carter, Miss Tox, Mrs. Skewton, Mrs. Pipchin, Old Sol. & Capt. Cuttle, Major Bagstock, Miss Nipper, Polly. London: Chapman and Hall, 1848. Original wrappers.

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