1885 Rare Book - The Personal History of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Illustrated.
(Description)
Author: Charles Dickens.
Title: The Personal History of David Copperfield.
Publisher: Boston, Estes and Lauriat. 1885.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7.5" X 5.5".
Pages: 962 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing, toning or staining - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the frontispiece and the four full-page illustrations.
Estimate: (Scarce with no or few other copies of this particular edition available for sale worldwide).
The book: A nice late 19th-century edition of David Copperfield. The Personal History of David Copperfield is a novel in the bildungsroman genre by Charles Dickens, narrated by the eponymous David Copperfield, detailing his adventures in his journey from infancy to maturity. It was first published as a serial in 1849–50, and as a book in 1850.
The author: Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.