The Personal History of David Copperfield (Household Edition)

Chicago and New York: Belford, Clarke & Co. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; spine is slightly faded; some shelf wear;hinges are cracked; first 5 pages are torn but present; pages are toning; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Decorative brown cloth with brown lettering and black and brown illustration on the front board and spine. No publishing date, but appears to be late 19th century. Decorative endpapers. 854 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and magical pages! "I remarked in the original preface to this book, that I did not find it easy to get sufficiently far away from it, in the first sensations of having finished it, to refer to it with the composure which this formal heading would seem to require. My interest in it was so recent and strong, and my mind was so divided between pleasure and regret ---- pleasure in the achievement of a long design, regret in the separation from many companions ---- that I was in danger of wearying the reader with personal confidences and private emotions.........." --------- from the Preface.. Household Edition . Decorative Cloth. Good-/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.