Dealings with the Firm of DOMBEY AND SON [20 parts in 19]
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- 1846
1846. Browne, Hablot K.. [a handsome set] Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. [In 20-in-19 monthly serial parts.] London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846-1848. Original light blue-green pictorial wrappers.
First Edition, as issued in 20-in-19 monthly serial parts beginning in October 1846 and ending in April 1848. The serialization of this novel began upon the end of serialization of OLIVER TWIST (the scarcest of all "Dickens in parts," occurring eight years after its publication in book form); until OLIVER TWIST these monthly parts of Dickens's works were issued by Chapman & Hall, but were now being issued by Bradbury & Evans. Part XVIII of DOMBEY AND SON includes the first so-called "dark plate" (appropriately, "On the dark Road") to appear in a Dickens work -- possible due to a new process; there would be another in DAVID COPPERFIELD, followed by ten in BLEAK HOUSE and eight in LITTLE DORRIT. At the end of serialization, DOMBEY AND SON was published in book form -- the preliminary leaves for which are supplied at the end of the final monthly part. As for issue points (there are three), this set like most is mixed: it reads "Capatin" on p. 324 (the uncommon 1st state), "if" is absent on p. 426 (1st state), and "431" is present on that page (2nd state -- curious, in that pages 426 and 431 are in the same part). (The word "Delight" on page 284 is a faux issue point, since all copies in parts have that error.) This is a near-fine set, with all of the proper wrappers (NO rear wrappers borrowed from other sets!); there are some scarce-perceptible repairs to spines. All of the plates are of course present (some have foxing in the margins only), as well as the preliminary leaves at the end of Part XIX/XX. Notably, this set has all the advertisements and slips that are specified in the Hatton & Cleaver bibliography for a complete set, except for the Letts ad slip in Part XI and the slip following the plates in Part XVI; this set DOES have the Letts sample diary pages in Part XV. Hatton & Cleaver pp 225-250. Housed in a handsome full-morocco pull-off case with inner chemise.
First Edition, as issued in 20-in-19 monthly serial parts beginning in October 1846 and ending in April 1848. The serialization of this novel began upon the end of serialization of OLIVER TWIST (the scarcest of all "Dickens in parts," occurring eight years after its publication in book form); until OLIVER TWIST these monthly parts of Dickens's works were issued by Chapman & Hall, but were now being issued by Bradbury & Evans. Part XVIII of DOMBEY AND SON includes the first so-called "dark plate" (appropriately, "On the dark Road") to appear in a Dickens work -- possible due to a new process; there would be another in DAVID COPPERFIELD, followed by ten in BLEAK HOUSE and eight in LITTLE DORRIT. At the end of serialization, DOMBEY AND SON was published in book form -- the preliminary leaves for which are supplied at the end of the final monthly part. As for issue points (there are three), this set like most is mixed: it reads "Capatin" on p. 324 (the uncommon 1st state), "if" is absent on p. 426 (1st state), and "431" is present on that page (2nd state -- curious, in that pages 426 and 431 are in the same part). (The word "Delight" on page 284 is a faux issue point, since all copies in parts have that error.) This is a near-fine set, with all of the proper wrappers (NO rear wrappers borrowed from other sets!); there are some scarce-perceptible repairs to spines. All of the plates are of course present (some have foxing in the margins only), as well as the preliminary leaves at the end of Part XIX/XX. Notably, this set has all the advertisements and slips that are specified in the Hatton & Cleaver bibliography for a complete set, except for the Letts ad slip in Part XI and the slip following the plates in Part XVI; this set DOES have the Letts sample diary pages in Part XV. Hatton & Cleaver pp 225-250. Housed in a handsome full-morocco pull-off case with inner chemise.