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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
DICKENS, Charles. The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850.
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DICKENS, Charles. The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850.
8o. Errata leaf. Engraved frontispiece, title and 38 plates after Hablot K. Browne ["Phiz"] (some occasional pale dampstaining). Contemporary red half morocco, marbled boards, bound uniformly with Dombey below (some rubbing and chipping). Provenance: Dr. James Wilson, who attended to Kate Dickens (letter from Dickens mounted).
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. PRESENTATION COPY, with an autograph letter signed by Dickens mounted on the front pastedown (glue showing through): Tavistock House, 29 November 1851, "My Dear Dr. Wilson. I send you the books we spoke of. Pray accept them with most cordial thanks for all your kindness and generosity, and for the great consideration and care with which you treated Mrs. Dickens when she was ill. She and her sister join me in friendly regards to yourself and Mrs. Wilson. And I am Very faithfully yours Charles Dickens." Dr. James Wilson attended to Kate Dickens at the recommendation of Dr. Southwood Smith in late 1850-early 1851. Her case was considered "a nervous one" and "instead of living in Dr. Wilson's house, for reasons 'founded on my knowledge of her' she would stay in some cheerful cottage in the neighborhood" (Edgar Johnson, p.730). Wilson then urged that she should stay with him but Dickens refused. Eckel, p.77; Sadleir 686; Smith I:9.
[With:] DICKENS, Charles. Dombey and Son. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. 8o. 6-line Errata leaf. Engraved frontispiece, title and 38 plates after Hablot K. Browne ["Phiz"] (some dampstaining at edges). Contemporary red half morocco, marbled boards. Provenance: Clara Constance Wilson (signature on front flyleaf); William Menzies bookplate. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Sadleir 687; Smith I:8; Woolf 1798. (2)
8o. Errata leaf. Engraved frontispiece, title and 38 plates after Hablot K. Browne ["Phiz"] (some occasional pale dampstaining). Contemporary red half morocco, marbled boards, bound uniformly with Dombey below (some rubbing and chipping). Provenance: Dr. James Wilson, who attended to Kate Dickens (letter from Dickens mounted).
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. PRESENTATION COPY, with an autograph letter signed by Dickens mounted on the front pastedown (glue showing through): Tavistock House, 29 November 1851, "My Dear Dr. Wilson. I send you the books we spoke of. Pray accept them with most cordial thanks for all your kindness and generosity, and for the great consideration and care with which you treated Mrs. Dickens when she was ill. She and her sister join me in friendly regards to yourself and Mrs. Wilson. And I am Very faithfully yours Charles Dickens." Dr. James Wilson attended to Kate Dickens at the recommendation of Dr. Southwood Smith in late 1850-early 1851. Her case was considered "a nervous one" and "instead of living in Dr. Wilson's house, for reasons 'founded on my knowledge of her' she would stay in some cheerful cottage in the neighborhood" (Edgar Johnson, p.730). Wilson then urged that she should stay with him but Dickens refused. Eckel, p.77; Sadleir 686; Smith I:9.
[With:] DICKENS, Charles. Dombey and Son. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. 8o. 6-line Errata leaf. Engraved frontispiece, title and 38 plates after Hablot K. Browne ["Phiz"] (some dampstaining at edges). Contemporary red half morocco, marbled boards. Provenance: Clara Constance Wilson (signature on front flyleaf); William Menzies bookplate. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Sadleir 687; Smith I:8; Woolf 1798. (2)