Descrizione

First Edition by the Easton Press, illustrated by John Austen. Illustrated throughout by John Austen. Royal 8vo, bound in the publisher's honey-tan leather, the covers fully gilt in an all-over design, the spine with raised bands separating the compartments, the compartments fully decorated and lettered in gilt, silk doublures and endleaves, all edges gilt, silk ribbon marker. xvi, 821 pp. A pristine copy, as mint.

Edizione: first easton press edition of this very pleasing illustrated edition of charles dickens’ classic work. “with many lovers of the author's works 'david copperfield' ranks as the finest of his writings. with a book which gave to the world such characters as betsy trotwood, micawber, the pegottys and mr. dick, to mention only a few, it would have been strange if it had been otherwise" (eckel, p. 77). austen's illustrations bring these characters vividly to life.