David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1850, 8vo.
FIRST EDITION. One of the earliest printings with "screwed" on pp.132 (instead of "screamed"), "coroboration" misspelling on pp.387, and many other of Smith's identification points. With the plates significantly cleaner than typical copies.
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David Copperfield is a novel written by Charles Dickens and first published in 1850. The story follows the life of the titular character, David Copperfield, from his childhood through to adulthood. It is widely regarded as one of Dickens' most autobiographical works, as many of the events in the novel are based on his own experiences. The novel deals with a wide range of themes, including poverty, social injustice, and the struggle for personal growth and fulfilment. It is considered one of the greatest works of English literature and has been adapted into numerous film, stage, and television adaptations over the years.
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All plates collated as complete (38 plates + frontis + engraved t.p.), 40 total plates by H.K. Browne.
Condition:
[(2), frontis, i-xiv, 1ff. (eratta), 624pp., (3)]
Contemporary half calf over contemporary cloth backed boards. Tooled label present with minor loss between raised bands, other compartments with gilt tooling with loss to gilt. Page block misbound in binding. Binding slightly cocked without shelf lean. Binding rubbed, more prominently to extremities. Both boards attached with cracked joints and hinges. Some partial page block and spine separation. Boards scuffed. Shelf and edge wear with loss to corners and edge cloth which is lightly peeling at edges. Page edges toned, more prominently to top and side edge, with loss to design. Lacking coloured preliminary leaf. Blindstamp to the top right corner of the first blank of G. G. Bayle, Bookseller, Oswestry, with a very small tear to that edge. Without any attached bookplates. Endpapers toned and foxed. Pen ownership inscription to the top right corner of the title page. Plates lightly toned and foxed as typical. Text block very clean with very light toning to edges and sporadic very minor foxing, as typical. Rear green endpaper partially detached with some creasing and very minor closed tears to edges. A few plates misbound but all are present. A very small number of plates with a few very minor coloured marks.
[Smith I pp.76-78; OCLC 459234198; OCLC 1903280]
