Charles Dickens - The Story of Little Dombey, 1858 first edition. 16mo with original green decorative wrappers in good clean condition. This was produced by Dickens from passages taken from Dombey & Son, in order to provide a text for him in his celebrated readings from his works. It was first read in London on June 10 1858 and proved so popular that Dickens kept it in his repertoire thereafter.