Jun 21, 2012 - Sale 2282

Sale 2282 - Lot 113

Price Realized: $ 1,020
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
DICKENS, CHARLES. The Personal History of David Copperfield. 2 volumes. 38 plates by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"), extra-illustrated with the insertion of additional plates. 8vo, black pebble crushed morocco with gilt fillet borders and decorated spine compartments, some rubbing to tips, joints, and spine ends, few chips to headbands; top edges trimmed and gilt; errata slip bound in; bookplates of Cornelia Otis Skinner. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1850

Additional Details

first edition, an extra-illustrated set compiled and bound by Curtis Guild in 1888 with an additional printed title-page stating that it is "Extended by the Insertion of numerous extra illustrations, collected from various sources by Curtis Guild. Boston. 1888." Provenance: Curtis Guild collection to Alden S. Blodget to Cornelia Otis Skinner.