(Browne, Hablot K.; Phiz). Dickens, Charles. - [Dombey and Son]: Dealing with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation by Charles Dickens. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne.

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. 1848. FIRST EDITION WITH ALL BUT ONE OF THE FIRST ISSUE POINTS - Octavo, 8-1/4 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Three-quarter tan calf & marbled boards with gilt elaborate decorations in gilt and raised bands on the spine as well as a gilt titled red leather label. The covers are rubbed and slightly scuffed with minor wear to the edges and corners. All edges are marbled. xvi, [ii] & 624 pages plus an errata slip, illustrated with 40 plates by Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"), including a frontispiece and an additional pictorial title page. A couple of signatures [i.e. group of pages] are lightly pulled. There is scattered foxing, particularly in the margins of the plates. Good. "First edition, with all but one of the first issue points. The first issue points present in this copy of the book are as follows: a) The errata leaf following page xvi has 2 lines; an inserted errata slip has 12 lins. b) The title vignette and the illustration following page 238 erroneously have Capt. Cuttle's hook on his left arm; c) On the "List of Plates" on page xv, the frontis and the title vignette have no page entry; d) Further on page xv, line 2 there are no quotation marks around the words "the party"; e) Ten lines up from the bottom on page 14 there is no apostrophe in the word "aint"; f) On page 26, line 11 the word "fidgety" is mis-spelled "fidgetty"; g) On page 40, lines 16-17 the words "shewed' and "shew" are printed for "showed" and "show"; h) On page 284 five and six lines up from the bottom the word "Delight" replaces the word "Joy"; i) On page 324 in the last line the word "Captain" is mis-spelled "Capatin"; j) On page 426, line 9 the word "if" is not present; k) On page 582 the last line lacks a period. The only later issue point we have been able to determine is that the page number "431" is present on that page. The "dark plate" by Phiz, "On the Dark Road", is in superb condition with minor foxing in the margins. "According to Valerie Lester Browne, this was Phiz's first attempt at a classic 'dark plate', in this case to show the futility of the villainous Carker's trying to cheat death as he makes his way through France to Paris and thence to England. If he cannot escape Dombey on the Continent (where he fears Dombey can easily hire assassins), he rationalizes that it would be better to confront Dombey in a country less lawless. The March 1848 illustration, moreover, engages the viewer with the sharpness and vivacity of the figures and the prancing horses horses having been from his earliest compositions one of Phiz's strengths." - quoted from The Victorian Web. Good .

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