Jun 20, 2013 - Sale 2319

Sale 2319 - Lot 82

Price Realized: $ 5,520
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,500 - $ 6,000
DICKENS, CHARLES. The Personal History of David Copperfield. 20 parts in 19. 40 engraved plates by Phiz, all advertisements present, oxidising to plates. 8vo, original bluish-green pictorial wrappers, repairs and restorations to spines, some rebacked, first 2 numbers a little frayed at fore-edge, contemporary ink ownership inscription to head of no.14, occasional light creasing and surface soiling; preserved in custom 1/4 morocco drop-back box by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, rubbed; leather bookplate of Marquess of Queensberry. first edition in the original monthly parts. Hatton & Cleaver pp.253-272. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1849-50