An Exceptional Dickens Octavo in Original Cloth
Personal History of David Copperfield. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850.
. The Personal History of David Copperfield. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850.
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DICKENS, Charles. The Personal History of David Copperfield. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850 [i.e., circa 1859].
First edition, later issue. This is a copy that was issued by Chapman and Hall after that firm retrieved Dickens' copyrights in 1859 from Bradbury and Evans. This copy has the inserted Chapman and Hall engraved title-page replacing the original one from Bradbury and Evans. The printed title-page is the original Bradbury and Evans 1850 first edition title-page, as are the sheets and plates. The only distinguishing factor is the inserted engraved title-page. All internal flaws of the first edition, per Smith, show in this copy with the exception of replacement "screwed" on page 132 (but this first issue point is only present in the very earliest copies). Octavo (8 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 218 x 140 mm). xiv, [1, errata], [1, blank], 624 pp. Complete with forty etched plates by Phiz including the frontispiece, the vignette title-page and the dark plate "The River."
Original publisher’s variant binding of green fine-diaper with the blind stamping on the boards matching that of the primary binding of Dombey and Sons. Newer peach endpapers. Edges uncut. Spine lettered in gilt. Spine slightly sunned. Small professional repairs to joints and top and bottom of the spine. Corners lightly bumped. A few spots to cloth. Previous owner's bookplate and small bookseller sticker on front pastedown. Some minor foxing and toning. This is an exceptional example of one of the significant Dickens octavo novels in original publisher's cloth. Housed in a quarter brown cloth over orange paper clamshell.
The binding on this copy has different blindstamping on the covers and spine: a wider ornamental frame is present on the covers around a blank center (without the globe-shaped design); the spine has no ornaments, just simple panels. Spine also reads "Chas. Dickens."
Hatton and Cleaver, pp. 253-272. Smith, Dickens, I, 9.
HBS 69239.
$3,000.
Price: $3,000.00
Item #69239