Author: Charles Dickens
Title: The Personal History of David Copperfield
Description: London, E H Wells, c1890. Leather. Dickens's famous novel following the tale of 'David Copperfield' in the scarce Farringdon Classics series by E H Wells, in prize calf binding. The popular story of David Copperfield, following the Victorian life of the eponymous hero from infancy to maturity, with events following Dickens's own life. It was originally serialised in 1849-50 and published as a book in 1850. This copy is from the scarce series of 'Farringdon Classics' issued by E H Wells. Dated from books of the same series catalogued on Copac. Featuring illustrations in text. No half title.  Rebound in full calf from the Secondary Day School of South-Western Polytechnic, Chelsea, with five raised bands, gilt tooling to spine, school gilt blind stamp to front board, renewed marbled endpapers. Externally smart with light rubbing and fading to back strip, lightly bumped to extremities of boards. Evidence of the attempted removal of prizing bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor faint spotting to first and last few leaves, pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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