Dickens, Dombey and Son, 1848, first edition in book form, variant publisher's cloth

DICKENS, CHARLES

Dombey and Son. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848

8vo (223 x 138mm.), FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, half-title, 8-line errata leaf, engraved frontispiece and title-page with 38 plates after 'Phiz' (Hablot K. Browne), original moderate olive green fine-diaper cloth, covers with double line blind-stamped border with additional line patterns at corners and sides with floral designs in each corner, spine in blind with elaborate design and lettering in gilt, pale yellow endpapers, some minor tears or fraying to extremities, some leaves unopened, some leaves crudely opened, plates occasionally offset and browned in margins, spine faded

REFERENCE:

Smith I:8