The Personal History of David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Goood-Fair
- Seller
-
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Sixteen Coloured [sic] Illustrations by Gertrude Demain Hammond. R. I. [The Royal Institute ofPainters in Water Colours] including color plate with printed caption "I have loved you all my life! [P. 837]", Illustrations printed in Great Britain.
Inscribed in pencil on fly leaf "R. V. Lancaster, Feb. 1927, Donation from Presbyterian. Association of …
Cover in good condition with slight scuffing, tiny worm holes in front endpaper. Leaves of text block, foredge, and tail are gilded, leaf edges are worn.
Spine embossed with "David Copperfield," "Dickens," and publisher; front cover embossed with title and author (gold leaf)
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- Bookseller
- Lancaster Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1003
- Title
- The Personal History of David Copperfield
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Book Condition
- Used - Goood-Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Pages
- 850
- Size
- 9 x 6 ½ x 2”
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Leaves
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- Plate
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- Edges
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....