Lot 113 , Dickens, Charles - Dombey and Son, 1st edition, frontis, engraved pictorial, printed titles and 38 plates (by H.K. Browne), errata leaf

Dickens, Charles - Dombey and Son, 1st edition, frontis, engraved pictorial, printed titles and 38 plates (by H.K. Browne), errata leaf and tipped-in errata slip, 19th century half leather and marbled boards, later rebacked with old gilt spine laid down, marbled edges and endpapers, 1848
Estimate £100-120

Text block loose in the case, spine worn,, 'amateur' reback, fronts and engraved title stained and most plt. margins (some on plate surface - 2 badly), 1plt. (p.87) with fore-edge marginal closed tear just on plate surface, some plt. offsetting but text mostly clean, a few marginal page tears, Smith 8 - most flaws uncorrected, paignation agrees - save lacks half title.


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Sold for £110