Dickens David Copperfield 1850
| Klubbat belopp | 3 000 SEK |
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| Utropspris | 5 000 SEK |
DICKENS. FIRST BOOK EDITION. DICKENS, CHARLES. The personal History of David Copperfield. London (Bradbury and Evans) 1850.
8:o (about 213x134 mm.). (7), viii-xiv, (2, verso blank), (1)-624 pp. Engraved frontispiece and engraved extra title with vignette (both foxed), 38 engraved plates H. K. Browne (all, partly foxed, 4 harder, one with offsetting from text, 3 close cut in outer margin with some loss of text).
Later green half calf, faded gilt spine in six compartments, redspeckled edges. Minor foxing, mostly in inner margin. Engraved armorial bookplate.
Eckel pp. 77-78, Smith I:9.
First book edition. Both the engraved and printed titles dated 1850.
Provenance: Sten Ringselle (1949-2017), Swedish antiquarian bookdealer who in 1992 opened his shop Antiquaria in Gothenburg.
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