{"product_id":"dealings-with-the-firm-of-dombey-and-son-by-charles-dickens-two-volume-set-1848","title":"Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens, Illustrated by H. K. Browne, Early Printing in Two Volumes, 1848","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDickens, Charles. Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation. London: Bradbury \u0026amp; Evans, 1848. Illustrated by H. K. Browne. Early printing. Two volumes. Octavos. In 3\/4 green leather over marbled boards, spines with blind and gilt tooling and black leather labels titled in gilt.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePresented is an early printing of \u003cem\u003eDealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation \u003c\/em\u003eby Charles Dickens. This early printing was published in London by Bradbury \u0026amp; Evans in 1848. The two volumes are bound in handsome 3\/4 green leather over marbled boards, with spines with blind and gilt tooling and black leather labels titled in gilt. The two volumes feature a frontispiece, illustrated title page, and numerous plates by Hablot Knight Browne. Issued after the first edition, first printing, this printing has an “Errata” with eleven lines of corrections. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing the success of his early novels, beginning with \u003cem\u003eThe Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club\u003c\/em\u003e in 1836, Dickens experienced a significant change in his publishing arrangements during the 1840s. After a disagreement with Chapman and Hall over the comparatively disappointing profits from \u003cem\u003eA Christmas Carol \u003c\/em\u003ein 1844, he turned to publishers William Bradbury and Frederick Mullett Evans, whose firm had initially operated as printers before becoming the proprietors of \u003cem\u003ePunch\u003c\/em\u003e. Dickens published several of his Christmas books through Bradbury and Evans, including \u003cem\u003eThe Battle of Life\u003c\/em\u003e in December 1846, and entrusted the firm with the serialization of his seventh novel, \u003cem\u003eDealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eDealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son\u003c\/em\u003e appeared in nineteen monthly installments between October 1846 and April 1848, with the final installment issued as a double issue. The parts generally contained three chapters apiece, although the twelfth number, published in September 1847, included four chapters, and the concluding double-issue, issued in April 1848, contained chapters 58 through 62. Each installment cost one shilling, save for the last installment which cost two shillings as a double-issue. For the story, Dickens collaborated with his longtime illustrator Hablot Knight Browne, better known under his pen-name Phiz, whose illustrations complemented the story’s extensive cast of memorable figures. Following the completion of serialization, Bradbury and Evans published the novel as \u003cem\u003eDombey and Son\u003c\/em\u003e in London, 1848. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eDombey and Son\u003c\/em\u003e was very well received in its time. An October 1849 review in North American Review wrote that “...[\u003cem\u003eDombey and Son\u003c\/em\u003e] illustrates those peculiarities of his genius observable in [Dickens'] other works, with a little more certainty of touch in ideal delineation. It is a fresh creation of his unexhausted mind, in which the old manner is reproduced to introduce new matter. Here, as in his other novels, the characters are everything and the story nothing; but the characters are sufficiently original, various, and numerous to compensate for far greater defects of plot and design. Captain Cuttle, Bunsby, Sol Gills, Major Bagstock, Pinch, Toodle, Toots, Mrs. Chick, Susan Nipper, Lucretia Tox, Rob, the lady whose husband invested in the Peruvian mines, not to mention others, are personages whose acquaintance once made is never broken. The beauty and pathos of the work cluster around Paul and Florence, and in these exquisite creations Dickens has exceeded the previous promise of his powers.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCONDITION:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGood+ condition. Early UK edition, “Errata” with eleven lines of corrections. Two volumes. Octavos. In 3\/4 green leather over marbled boards, spines with blind and gilt tooling and black leather labels titled in gilt. Wear to boards, scratches to marbled paper, bumping along corners and heads and tails of spine. Gilt remains bright, but paper labels have started to chip. Sunning to green leather on the spine. Matching marbled endpapers. Clean and bright text pages, save occasional small stains. Illustrated with engravings by Browne. Plates with more significant edge tanning and foxing. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eREFERENCES:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Review of \u003cem\u003eDealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son. Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation\u003c\/em\u003e, by Charles Dickens.” \u003cem\u003eThe North American Review\u003c\/em\u003e 69, no. 145 (October 1849): 383–407.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccompanied by our company's letter of authenticity. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Great Republic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51795115016421,"sku":"BK1386","price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0285\/3070\/files\/BK1386_2vols.jpg?v=1785962496","url":"https:\/\/www.great-republic.com\/products\/dealings-with-the-firm-of-dombey-and-son-by-charles-dickens-two-volume-set-1848","provider":"The Great Republic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}