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London (October 1946 - April 1848): Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. Octavo, with 40 inserted plates by H. K. Browne. Original green printed wrappers; ALL wrappers are correct. Annotated by Dickens bibliographer Thomas Hatton, on verso of plate #1, thus: "Part 1 - Dombey" and with an autograph note by Thomas Hatton laid into part II, showing that the front ad "A New Christmas Tale" is lacking. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED, with portraits of the 4 Dombey children, which were published separately in 1848, by Phiz, are laid in, sans wrapper. Early issue of text: part IX, page 284, 5th and 6th line up, with "Delight" for "Joy." Part XI, page 324, last line, "Captain" is corrected. Part XIII has the earliest state of the Advertiser, with the date "October, 1947" printed without error. Part XIV page 426, line 9, the word "if" is omitted, page 431 with page number present. Part XIX/XX has the 8 line errata and the title page erroneously shows Captain Cuttle's hook on his left hand. Light soiling to the front wrap of… Read More

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 --… Read More