"WHETHER I SHALL TURN OUT TO BE THE HERO OF MY OWN LIFE…."
DICKENS, Charles. The Personal History of David Copperfield. London, May 1849 to November 1850.
Scarce first edition in the original parts of Dickens' "largely autobiographic" masterpiece, with additional vignette title-page, frontispiece and 38 etched plates by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"). An excellent copy in the original wrappers, with most advertisements present. From the library of Danish-American actor and noted bibliophile Jean Hersholt, with his signed bookplate and shelf label. $15,000.
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