(Set of 2) DAVID COPPERFIELD by Dickens, Ed. Andrew Lang. Scribner's 1899 RARE!

Description: (Set of 2 Vols) THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD by Charles Dickens. With Introduction and Notes by Andrew Lang. With the Original Illustrations. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. Volumes 14 & 15 of The Works of Charles Dickens (complete in 34 v.). Quoting the verso of half-title page: "Printed from the Edition that was carefully corrected by the Author in 1867 and 1868." Presumed to be part of Scribner's English Edition per colophon: "Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, London and Beccles." 2 Volumes (no dustjackets). 2 Hardcover volumes with full green cloth bindings with gilt-stamped title and vine decoration to spines and circular gilt leafy decoration on front. Spines sunned and faded to beige but gilt is fully legible. Minor edgewear, lightly rubbed corners. Gilt upper page edges; fore and lower edges very uneven, tanned. Inside front covers have an inked owner's name and a pasted stamp honoring Dickens. Front flyleaf of v. 1 has an attached program for a 1911 performance of scenes of "David Copperfield" (see photo). Rear hinge of first volume has splits but is holding nicely. Sewing is tight, no loose pages. Introduction and Notes by Andrew Lang. A treasure in these volumes are the original illustrations by Phiz, with tissue guards in place. The engravings are remarkably clean, no foxing noted; the tissue guards are quite tanned with age but in only one case (title page of v. 2, see photo) is the facing page affected. Sunned spines aside, this is a lovely and rare edition of Copperfield, a great piece of Dickensiana for a collector.Octavo 6" x 8.5" Vol. 1 xi, 527; Vol. 2 534 p. David Copperfield was first issued as a monthly serial 1849-50. The illustrations by Phiz are among the most admired of his works.

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