David Copperfield / Charles Dickens

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

David Copperfield / Charles Dickens

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.82

Description

636 pages. Notable for the use of a single stamping color to create the design and the alck of gilt stamping- a much less expensive production cost. Inferior paper and printing. Example of cheap book production.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1880s

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Width

5 in

Book Details

Author

Charles Dickens

Publisher

Lovell, Coryell & Company

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

circa 1880

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles

Binding Notes

Bound in mustard cloth stamped in black with ruled elaborate border surrounding an embossed mythical creature standing on two books and holding a third with "Oxford Edition" stamped beneath. Motif repeated to spine. Wide, gilt stamped title band to spine. Green floral endpapers.

Notes

No pub. date.