Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son by CHARLES DICKENS 1846
DEALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF DOMBEY AND SON, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation. Volume I. CHARLES DICKENS, WILEY AND PUTNAM, NEW YORK, 1846.
Dombey and Son is a novel by English author Charles Dickens. It follows the fortunes of a shipping firm owner, who is frustrated at the lack of a son to follow him in his footsteps; he initially rejects his daughter's love before eventually becoming reconciled with her before his death.--Wikipedia
Dark green leather and a gilt title (plus VOL. I.) over a dark brown swatch at the spine with four raised bands and brown marbled boards. Secure binding with a moderately rubbed cover, few tiny nicks to the extremities, and clean pages with negligible foxing. Original owner cursive names at the front/rear endpaper. Full-page illustrations. This is Volume I (only).
According to Wikipedia, George Palmer Putnam dissolved his publishing relationship with John Wiley in 1848. The Preface page to this book has a date of the Twenty-fourth of March 1848, so it must have been shortly after if this was the case. About 7-3/8 x 5 with 485 pages. Rare!