Description: Description: A very good copy of Dickens first published book, the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers.) Originally published by Chapman & Hall in nineteen issues over twenty months in 1836-37. This edition is also published by Chapman and Hall and printed by Bradbury and Evans just 10 years after the first printing, and is complete in forty-seven chapters with the Frontis illustration by C.L. Leslie and six woodcut illustrations by Phiz. Condition: 8vo. 479 pages - Leather spine and corner tips with gilt stamped print and decoration over paper boards with matching marbled endpapers and page edges. Considerable shelf wear with chipping to the spine tips, leather corners bumped and rubbed. Rubbing to the paper boards and wear to the leather along the hinges. The interior shows just a bit of foxing and toning. A previous owner has written a detailed list of the Phiz woodcut illustrations on the blank page opposite the half-title page. Overall, a very good early copy of Dickens celebrated first book.
Price: 89.95 USD
Location: Chester, Vermont
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 60 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Half Leather
Place of Publication: London
Signed: No
Publisher: Chapman and Hall
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1847
Unit Type: lb
Language: English
Illustrator: Phiz
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Author: Charles Dickens
Region: Europe
Personalized: No
Topic: Literature
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Unit Quantity: 1
Character Family: Charles Dickens Novels
