Circa 1867; Charles Dickens; London, Chapman and Hall; Illustrated by H. Browne “Phiz”; Leather; Part of Bigger Set, Complete Selection; 543 Pages; w5.2″xh7″; Rare! Charming red leather binding and corners complemented by a stunning marble cover design. Intricate gold floral binding adorned with elegant dark green labels. The opulence continues with marble end pages and page edges. With a beautiful frontispiece, Seven other fine full page illustrations, black borders to each page, and a Wonderful Historical Classic from the Famed Author; With Facsimile signature! Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic who created some of the world’s best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today. Dombey and Son is a novel by English author Charles Dickens. The story features many Dickensian themes, such as arranged marriages, child cruelty, betrayal, deceit, and relations between people from different British social classes.