Dombey and Son (Complete Novels of Charles Dickens) Tapa blanda - 1991

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Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside, and Son lay tucked up warm in a little basket bedstead, carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in front of the fire and close to it, as if his constitution were a

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Bradbury and Evans published a First Edition softcover collection in London, 1846. The work is a collection of the original 20 parts, bound in nineteen with the last number containing parts XIX-XX. Each part is bound in green printed wrappers, with a Dombey & Son advertiser. 

Bradbury and Evans published a First Edition hardcover in London, 1848. The book is bound in a green cloth over boards, the spine is lettered in gilt, and decorated by an elaborate design in blind on the covers. The pages are printed on cream endpapers with 40 illustrated plates; plate 35 is the first published example of a “dark plate”. Bookplate of the Warrington wire-manufacturer Thomas Glazebrook Rylands (1818-1900). Illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne.