The Personal History of David Copperfield

£250 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

A charming copy of Charles Dickens's David Copperfield, the first book that he wrote in the first person. 8vo (190 x 135 mm); 40 illustrations, neat prize-winning inscription to fly-leaf ink, minor spotting to endpapers; school prize binding in red morocco, boards tooled in gilt with gilt embossed decoration to centrepiece, gilt spine in six compartments, gilt titles, all edges marbled, minor wear to extremities, minor marks to covers, very good; 533pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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