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New York: Macmillan, 1919. 1st American? . Hardcover. Very Good. Preface: H.G. Wells. With ads. "1919" printed title pg. Small cornerclip FEP. very good, no dj, gold-stamped black cloth. Tight 397+ pgs

1 . Hardbound. Fine. A Novel. Preface by H.G.Wells. 1st ed. NY (Macmillan) 1919. Bookplate else fine.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1919. . 8vo. xii+332+32pp. Original cloth , a very good copy.. First edition. Colonial issue for Austalasia.

MacMillan. Good/Fair. 1920. Hard Cover. (K491) .

HardPress Publishing, 2012-08-01. Paperback. Good.

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1924. A story compiled from letters, diaries, newspaper cuttings, suppositions, recollections, oral information; and the papers of the late Sir Eustace Morven. With a preface by J. H. Wells. Pp. 332; red cloth, spine lettered in black, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; a little faint foxing and soiling, the outer leaves lightly offset; Chatto & Windus, London, 1924. Sixth impression. *A novel, first published in 1919, peopled with characters who are descendants of those in Dickens' Dombey and Son. Loosely inserted is a newscutting of an article by Sir H. H. Johnston, subtitled Why I have written "The Gay-Dombeys", and explaining the novel's title thus: 'I had never felt satisfied with the inconclusive end of Edith Dombey at the height of her beauty; I had felt sure that Walter Gay, with the help of Florence's friends, would build up once more the House of Dombey and Son; introduce steamers instead of sailing ships; and, to please old Mr. Dombey on his death-bed, would add his… Read More

Kessinger Publishing, 2005-06-01. Paperback. Used:Good.