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The personal history and experience of David Copperfield, the younger

Title
The personal history and experience of David Copperfield, the younger / by Charles Dickens ; with forty illustrations engraved on wood by J.W. Orr, from designs by H.K. Browne.
Author
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Publication
New York : John Wiley, 1850.

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Additional Authors
  • Orr, John William, 1815-1887.
  • Orr, Nathaniel.
  • Andrew, John, 1815-1870.
  • Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882.
Description
2 v. (x, [1], 480 p., [22] leaves of plates; vi, 454 p., [18] leaves of plates) : ill.; 20 cm.
Alternative Title
David Copperfield the younger
Note
  • Added illustrated t.p., with title: David Copperfield.
  • Originally published in 20 pts. in 19: The personal history of David Copperfield. London : Bradbury & Evans, 1849-1850.
  • This ed. orginally published in 20 pts. in 19, 1849-1850; pts. 12-18 had imprint: New York : G.P. Putnam. Cf. Wilkins, W.G. First and early American editions of Dickens, p. 29.
  • Apparently printed from the same plates as the Putnam ed. of the same date.
  • Illustrations: 40 prints (incl. frontispiece and added t.p.) : wood engraving ; full-page. Signed J.W. Orr, N.Y., J.W. Orr & Bro., and J.W. Orr & Andrew. Copies of the etchings by H.K. Browne in the original edition.
  • Vol. 1 lacks half title; in v. 2, list of illustrations is bound following contents.
  • Publisher's advertisements on lining papers, dated Nov. 1st, 1850.
  • Binding: Publisher's grayish purple cloth, blind-stamped; spine gilt. Pale green endpapers.
Indexed In (note)
  • Carr, L. VanderPoel Dickens
  • Podeschi, J.B. Dickens
Call Number
Arents BIP (Dickens, C. David 1850) 00-88
OCLC
NYPG00-B4797
Author
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Title
The personal history and experience of David Copperfield, the younger / by Charles Dickens ; with forty illustrations engraved on wood by J.W. Orr, from designs by H.K. Browne.
Imprint
New York : John Wiley, 1850.
Indexed In:
Carr, L. VanderPoel Dickens, B223(1)
Podeschi, J.B. Dickens, A124
Local Note
Provenance: W.H. Harriman (autograph on recto of frontispiece); Myrtle A. Kelley, afterwards Crummer (bookplate, dated 1921).
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Local Subject
Crummer, Myrtle A. Provenance.
Harriman, William H. Provenance.
Added Author
Orr, John William, 1815-1887.
Orr, Nathaniel.
Andrew, John, 1815-1870.
Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882.
Spine Title
David Copperfield the younger
Research Call Number
Arents BIP (Dickens, C. David 1850) 00-88
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