Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First. hardcover. very good(+). H. K. Browne. Illustrations by H. K. Browne (browned at the edges and somewhat foxed). xvi, [2], 624 pages. Thick 8vo, handsomely rebound in older full green polished calf with red leather labels, ornately gilt-decorated spine and cover borders; inner & outer dentelles; marbled endpapers and page edges. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First edition in book form, first issue. A very good(+) copy in handsome binding.

Contains just one errata sheet with 2 lines, otherwise nearly all first issue points present: title-page vignette of Captain Cuttle with hook on left arm; (truncated) page xv has no quotation marks around "The Party" on line 2; page 14/41, "ain't" is missing its apostrophe; page 26/11 "fidgetty" has an extra "t"; page 40/16 & 17, have the words "shewed" and "shew" rather than "showed and "show"; page 284/47 "Delight" rather the "Joy"; page 324 with "Capatin" on the bottom line; page 426/9 missing "if". (Inventory #: 327932)