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David Copperfield

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06.10.2022 12:00UTC -04:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 813777
Lot 170 | David Copperfield
David Copperfield

Charles Dickens, 1921

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). David Copperfield. A Reading, in Five Chapters. London: Sotheran and Co., 1921.



A Cosway binding from the Estelle Doheny collection. With two portrait miniatures on ivory by C.B. Currie: a young Charles Dickens on the upper cover and his wife, Catherine Dickens on the lower cover. Limited edition, no. 178 of 250 copies for sale from a total edition of 275. Cosway limitation statement bound in: “This is No. 825 of the Cosway Bindings invented by J.H. Stonehouse, with Miniatures on Ivory by Miss C.B. Currie,” and signed by both Stonehouse and Currie.



Octavo (225 x 147 mm). Errata slip tipped-in. Navy blue crushed levant morocco by Riviere, the glazed portrait miniatures richly framed in gilt, covers with gilt-rule and border and corner ornaments, spine in six compartments, gilt-lettered in two, a repeated gilt panel in the rest, board edges and turn-ins gilt, dark blue moiré silk endleaves, top edge gilt, others uncut, partially unopened, stamp-signed by the binder on upper turn-in and by the artist on upper doublure, gilt-stamped “Cosway Binding / Invented by J.H. Stonehouse” on board fore-edges (touch of wear to upper joint). Morocco-edged slipcase. Provenance: Estelle Doheny, American philanthropist, 1875-1958 (morocco bookplate) – St. John’s Seminary, Camarillo, California (Doheny sale, Christie’s New York, 18 October 1988, lot 1559).





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This lot contains ivory material and is offered pursuant to a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation license, a copy of which will be provided to the buyer. Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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