DICKENS, Charles.

Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail, and for

Item #46300

DICKENS, Charles. Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail, and for With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. 20 parts in 19, original pictorial wrappers. London: Bradbury and Evans, October 1846 to April 1848. First edition in the original monthly parts, with many of the advertisements called for by Hatton & Cleaver(pp. 227-50). Wrappers somewhat soiled; backstrips with chipping and repairs; slightly torn; some plates rather browned; former owners' signatures on several parts, otherwise a very good set in two handsome full morocco solander cases.Parts 1, 4-8, 12-14, 18 have ads per Hatton & Cleaver. Part 2 lacks 2-page slip for "Punch." Part 3 lacks last 2 pages of Chapman and Hall ads; "Punch" slip; "The Atlas" 2 page ad; "Richard's Universal Daily Remembrance," 4 pp. Parts 9 lacks 2 page Dakin ad in back. Part 10 lacks "Gilbert's Dictionary" 8-page ad in back. Part 11 lacks 2 page slip in back. Part 15 lacks Jerrold slip. Part 16 lacks slip after plates. Part 17 lacks ads in back except for 8-page C. Cox catalogue. Parts 19/20 lacks slip after plates.In addition Part 6 ad "Valuable Education Works" is on light green paper unrecorded by Hatton & Cleaver. Part 14 is early printing according to Hatton & Cleaver: page 431 lacks page number; Page 426, line 9 lacks first word, "if"

Price: $3,000.00