DICKENS, CHARLES. The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, May 1849-November 1850. 20 parts in 19, 8vo, original blue-green pictorial printed wrappers, uncut, minute repair to heel of spine of part 2, in two burgundy morocco gilt pull-off by Riviere cases. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PARTS, COMPLETE WITH ALL OF THE ADVERTISEMENTS AND INSERTED SLIPS called for in Hatton & Cleaver, 40 etched plates by Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"), ENRICHED WITH TWO ORIGINAL DRAWINGS FOR "DAVID COPPERFIELD" BY "PHIZ": (1) "I am hospitably received by Mr. Peggotty" in part 1, signed, pencil hightened with reddish-orange pencil, on pinkish paper, 127 x 178mm. (5 x 7in), inlaid and inserted in part 1 ; (2) "Somebody turns up" in part 6, signed, pencil heightened with reddish-orange pencil, on white paper, 114 x 178mm. (4 1/2 x 7in), inlaid and inserted in part 6 (both of the drawings differing materially from the etched plates). Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 253-272. IN REMARKABLE CONDITION: VIRTUALLY AS NEW. Provenance : H. Bradley Martin bookplate (sale, Sotheby's New York, 1 May 1990, lot 2772). (19)
DICKENS, CHARLES. The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, May 1849-November 1850. 20 parts in 19, 8vo, original blue-green pictorial printed wrappers, uncut, minute repair to heel of spine of part 2, in two burgundy morocco gilt pull-off by Riviere cases. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PARTS, COMPLETE WITH ALL OF THE ADVERTISEMENTS AND INSERTED SLIPS called for in Hatton & Cleaver, 40 etched plates by Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"), ENRICHED WITH TWO ORIGINAL DRAWINGS FOR "DAVID COPPERFIELD" BY "PHIZ": (1) "I am hospitably received by Mr. Peggotty" in part 1, signed, pencil hightened with reddish-orange pencil, on pinkish paper, 127 x 178mm. (5 x 7in), inlaid and inserted in part 1 ; (2) "Somebody turns up" in part 6, signed, pencil heightened with reddish-orange pencil, on white paper, 114 x 178mm. (4 1/2 x 7in), inlaid and inserted in part 6 (both of the drawings differing materially from the etched plates). Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 253-272. IN REMARKABLE CONDITION: VIRTUALLY AS NEW. Provenance : H. Bradley Martin bookplate (sale, Sotheby's New York, 1 May 1990, lot 2772). (19)
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