Fine Literature & Modern Firsts
Tue, Apr 26, 2022 12:00PM EDT
Lot 46
DICKENS, Charles (1812?1870). The Personal History of David...
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DICKENS, Charles (1812?1870). The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. Royal 8vo. Engraved frontispiece, title and 38 plates after Hablot K. Browne [?Phiz?], lacks half?title (plates browned or foxed near margins). Contemporary half leather, marbled sides, raised bands, elegant scrollwork in blind in compartments (rebacked with original spine laid down, renewed spine label gilt, joints reinforced preserving original endpapers, some wear to boards and corners). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM published on 14 November 1850, is considered Dickens?s most autobiographical novel which he considered his best work. Eckel, p. 77; Sadleir 686; Smith 1:9.
