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Dickens, Charles. Dombey and Son. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1848.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 3rd U.S. Edition with H.K. Browne engravings. Hard bound. No dust jacket. Ex-library of Du Pont family with ownership signatures. Pages show some foxing. Boards show some edge wear, otherwise in good condition.
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$449.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: RARE. SCARCE. HC - Publisher's Brown vertically-ribbed cloth boards with embossed decor/bordering to cover boards. Gilt Illust./titling to spine. (Original publisher's brown vertically-ribbed cloth with gilt stamped lettering/design to spine & boards stamped in blind (professionally rebacke). Eps renewed 1st edition thus, and the 3rd US edition (Edgar & Vail, pp. 24 - 25; cf Gimbel A109, for an edition with 36 plates). Not in the McGuire collection. Gentle rubbing/bumping to extremities. Very slight cracking/chipping to head/foot of spine on front hinges. Some minor scuffing. Tight binding. Prev. owners bookplate on fep. B/W Frontis, Illust, and recto, Vignette t.p.; 1848 stated on t.p. B/W Illustrated throughout by Browne. Clean Interior. No Markings. No signs of foxing, remarkably 8vo. [iii--viii] + [List of Plates: Frontis/Vignette + 38 inserted gravings, all after the originals by Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz") by Gilbert & Gihon. 9-3/8" x 5-3/4" ] + 9-320pp text SEE PHOTOS!!! --D.B. Box 12
Seller: Best Books And Antiques, Chandler, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Period red half leather and marble boards. Text in two columns, frontis, vignette title page and 15 inserted plates by Halbot K. Browne. Tight, front hinge cracking, text clean, plates tanned as always, spine a little worn with small chips. An attractive copy. This is a variant on the better known Third American edition with the same imprint which has 36 plates.
Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Exceptionally rare three American first year editions bound as one volume in 19th century three-quarter brown leather binding with tooled leather bands and gilt lettering on the spine and marbled end pages. Binding is firm and leather is stable with moderate wear to the edges; pages dusty with age toning and light to moderate foxing/soiling. Height measures 9.25-inches. Double column text. Illustrated by Browne. Volumes include: 1. Dombey and Son dated 1848, 320 pages with 2 full-page plates in front, title page engraving + 6 full-page plates in text. 2. American Notes dated 1842, 92 pages + 4 page Harper & Brothers book catalog dated November 2, 1842. 3. Cricket on the Hearth dated 1846, 32 pages. These American editions are generally less common than their British counterparts and rarely found bound in one volume.
Seller: Hudson River Book Shoppe, Waldwick, NJ, U.S.A.