Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation, in Two Volumes, with the Original Illustrations (The Gadshill Edition) (The Works of Charles Dickens in Thirty-four Volumes, Vols. VIII & IX)

xviii, 527; viii, [2], 535 pp. 8vo. Complete in two hardcover volumes. Original red cloth, gilt titles and author's device, gilt top page ridge. Original illustrations protected by tissue guards. Introduction and notes by Andrew Lang, a Scottish poet, novelist, and literary critic best known for his collections of folk and fairy tales. 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.