Charles Dickens — Dombey and Son

London, Bradbury and Evans , 1848. First edition. Leather. A calf-bound first edition of Charles Dickens' 'Dombey and Son', complete with Hablot Knight Browne's illustrations as called for, as well as additional plates issued for the Chapman edition. First edition, adhering largely to the first issue points.First issue points present: 'Bradbury & Evans' to the engraved title page; the vignette title shows the hook on Captain Cuttle's left arm rather than his right; no quotation marks around the word 'party' to page XV line 2; 'delight' rather than 'joy' to page 284 5 lines up from the bottom; no apostrophe in 'aint' on page 14 10 lines up from the bottom; 'shewed' and 'shew' to for 'showed' and 'show' to page 40 lines 16 and 17; 'fidgetty' for 'fidgety' on page 26 on line 11; no full stop to the final line to page 582; entry for the frontispiece and vignette to the list of plates; 'Capatin' for 'Captain' on p. 324.In a half calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Bound without the half title. With errata leaf preceding p.1, with six corrections. Illustrated with a frontispiece, additional illustrated title page, and fifty plates by Hablot Knight Browne ('Phiz'), including the thirty-eight plates called for as well as twelve additional plates bound-in, identifiable by the Chapman and Hall imprint. Collated, complete.Dombey and Son follows the fortunes of a shipping firm owner who, frustrated with the lack of a son to follow him in his footsteps, initially rejects his daughter's love before eventually becoming reconciled with her. As with his other works, this novel features Dickensian themes such as social class, betrayal and arranged marriages. In a half calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, lifting to the head of the spine, with loss to the back strip. Rubbing to the extremities. A couple splits to the calf to head of joints, which remain firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with majority of spotting or toning concentrated to the plates. Good . Ill.: H. K. Browne. Good .