Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son

First Edition, Early Issue. Published 1848. Includes all 10 plates. Plate 35 'On a Dark Road' is the 1st published example of a dark plate. Half-bound in worn dark leather with raised bands and gilt lettering/linear decoration on spine. Marbled paper covered boards. Light brown endpapers. Issue points include: 8 line errata, no page number entry for Frontispiece and Vignette on list of plates (pg XV), 'Shew' on page 40, delight instead of joy on pg 284, title page vignette shows hook on left arm not right (same on pg 238), stab holes to gutter in some plates showing it was bound from the original serial parts, no quotation marks on party (line 2, pg XV), fidgetty on pg 26. line 11. [Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation]