The Personal History Of David Copperfield: In Two Volumes Volume One

Boston: Little Brown & Co, ?

Price: $18.00

Hardcover. Reprint. Illustrated by F. Barnard. Very good minus Writing inside front cover. Cover rubbed with wear on spine and corners. Volume one only of two volumes, previous owner's gift inscription on front inside panel, text edges are browned, cloth; covers are slightly rubbed and faded, minor bumps on cloth corners, spine cloth discolored, lightly shaken binding, clean text. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

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Charles Dickens
birth name: Charles John Huffman Dickens
born: 2/7/1812
died: 6/9/1870
nationality: Great Britain

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Biography

English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature Random Dickens trivia - the first professional baseball team was the Dolly Vardens, a Philadelphia, PA all-African-American, all-female baseball team formed in 1867 (two years before the Cincinnati Red Stockings). Their name came from a character in the Dickens's novella Barnaby Rudge. The Dolly Vardens folded after a short time due to lack of support.more

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