The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
$1,000 · Offered by Biblio
First edition · Signed · In dust jacket
London: Chapman Hall, 1837. Book. Illus. by R. Seymour and Phiz. Very Good. Three-Quarter Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. 3/4 green calf with brown marble boarded front and back. Gilt black label, four bands and five decorative compartments on spine. Brown and blue marbled endpapers. Inscribed blank before half title dated 1909. With 41 plates. First edition, mixed issue. First issue points include: the V in the Weller of the engraved title illustration; S. Veller on page 342 line 5; this friends at p. 400; 5 line footnote page 9; dot between r and u in rum in the last line of page 10; with the signature E present on page 25 and 27; incomplete F in headline of page 32; page 261 correctly signed x2; Frontis, title, and plates foxed. Cover some wear, small chips primarily on edges. Very tight inside..
- Publisher: Chapman & Hall
- Year: 1837
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
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