The Personal History of David Copperfield 2 Vols
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1877. Hardcover, tan half leather over marbled paper covered boards. All edgees marbled and with marbled endpapers. Each volume contains two leather spine labels, upper being red with "Dicken's Works" in gold, the lower being black with book title in gold. Vols. XVI and XVII of the Works of Charles Dickens. Both vols. contain former owner's bookplates inside front cover, while vol. I has original owner's name in pen on front blank prelim, dated 1887. Introduction by Edwin Percy Whipple. Illustrated with steel engravings. Both vols. solid and text and illustrations clean. Spines are clean and attractive. Some rubbing to marbled boards with damage amd staining to rear board of vol. II. Overall an attrative vintage set of Dicken's first major novel. Near very good. Scans sent on request. . Reprint. Hardcover. Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011227
- Title
- The Personal History of David Copperfield 2 Vols
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1877
- Keywords
- Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dickens;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Marbled boards
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.