Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, first edition, Bradbury & Evans, London, 1848, octavo, with early 20th c., tan calf, gilt covers and spine, bound by Riviere & Son, with forty plates by Hablot Knight Browne, this is the first edition in book form, and contains the first published example of ''dark plate'' etching, this copy includes the two-line errata following p. VXI and has no twelve-line errata. Provenance: Bauman Rare Books, New York. With custom cloth slipcase, few small stains to spine, pages and cover in overall good condition, clean with only occasional light offsetting from plates.