DICKENS, CHARLES. 1812-1870., PHIZ (HABLOT K. BROWNE), illustrator. 1815-1882.
Dickens, Charles. The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850.
PHIZ (HABLOT K. BROWNE), illustrator. 1815-1882. Dickens, Charles. The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850.
8vo (211 x 132 mm). Engraved frontispiece, vignette title and 38 plates by H.K. Browne ("Phiz"), EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with 3 original drawings (one in watercolor) by Phiz bound in. 19th-century olive-green crushed morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, publisher's original olive green cloth laid down and bound in at back, cloth slipcase. Spine sunned, offsetting from plates, scattered spotting and fingermarks.
THREE ORIGINAL ARTWORKS BY PHIZ: an original 2-color pencil drawing for "Changes at Home," a polychrome colored pencil drawing for "Mr. Dick Fulfils my Aunt's Prediction," and an ink and watercolor sketch for "Restoration of Mutual Confidence for Mr. and Mrs. Macawber," all laid down and bound after the associated plates. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, second state of p 132, line 20, with "screwed" replacing "screamed." Eckel pp 75-77; Smith I:9.
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Dickens, Charles. The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850.
PHIZ (HABLOT K. BROWNE), illustrator. 1815-1882. Dickens, Charles. The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850.
8vo (211 x 132 mm). Engraved frontispiece, vignette title and 38 plates by H.K. Browne ("Phiz"), EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with 3 original drawings (one in watercolor) by Phiz bound in. 19th-century olive-green crushed morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, publisher's original olive green cloth laid down and bound in at back, cloth slipcase. Spine sunned, offsetting from plates, scattered spotting and fingermarks.
THREE ORIGINAL ARTWORKS BY PHIZ: an original 2-color pencil drawing for "Changes at Home," a polychrome colored pencil drawing for "Mr. Dick Fulfils my Aunt's Prediction," and an ink and watercolor sketch for "Restoration of Mutual Confidence for Mr. and Mrs. Macawber," all laid down and bound after the associated plates. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, second state of p 132, line 20, with "screwed" replacing "screamed." Eckel pp 75-77; Smith I:9.
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