The Personal History of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, illustrated by J. Barnard, 1870, published by Chapman and Hall, London. Hardback, 437 pages.
This Victorian copy of the classic is beautifully illustrated with in-text and full page black and white drawings.
It is in acceptable-poor reading condition -
- the cover has wear and rubbing, bumped corners and a small split on the bottom front edge
- it has lost its spine veneer
- there is some foxing, mainly on the flysheets and title page
- there is a split in the spine at page one where the cover is beginning to detach at the bottom
- the first ten pages or so have a small tear on the bottom corner
- the text has some soft creases on some of the corners
- Otherwise the text itself has no writing, tearing or dog-earing.
24.5cm x 18cm x 3cm approx.