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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club: With Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz Hardcover - 1979

by Dickens, Charles


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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (commonly known as The Pickwick Papers) is the first novel published by Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club catapulted the 24-year-old author to immediate fame. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the sportsman Winkle &, above all, by that quintessentially English Quixote, Mr. Pickwick, & his cockney Sancho Panza, Sam Weller. From the hallowed turf of Dingley Dell Cricket Club to the unholy fracas of the Eatanswill election, via the Fleet debtor’s prison, characters & incidents sprang to life from Dickens’s pen, to form an enduringly popular work of ebullient humor & literary invention

The novel was published in 19 issues over 20 months by Chapman and Hall, London in 1836. 

After the publication the widow of illustrator Robert Seymour claimed that the idea for the novel was originally her husband's; however, in his preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens strenuously denied any specific input, writing that "Mr. Seymour never originated or suggested an incident, a phrase, or a word, to be found in the book.


First Edition Identification

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club first published in book format in 1837 by Chapman & Hall, London. It was illustrated with 43 engraved plates by R. Seymour and H. T. Browne.

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  • Title The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club: With Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz
  • Author Dickens, Charles
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Limited Edition
  • Publisher Nottingham Court Press, London
  • Date 1979
  • ISBN 9780906691106
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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club: With Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz

by Dickens, Charles

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London, England: Nottingham Court Press. Fine. 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 0906691109 . A spectacular edition for the serious collector and in as new condition, "This reprint of the Pickwick Papers is taken from the first edition of 1837. It is printed on specially made antique laid paper and limited to 250 copies with a selection of hand-tinted illustrations. Copies 1-25 are full bound [in leather] by W. T. Morrell and have a fore-edge painting. Copies 26-250 are quarter bound [in leather] by W. T. Morrell." This is copy number 36 featuring forest green quarter leather and lighter green cloth, all edges are gilt, bright gold title and decoration on the leather, five raised spine-bands, marbled end-papers, ribbon bookmark, housed in a sturdy slipcase that is marbled on the sides and spine, brown cloth covering on top and bottom, classy and beautiful .
Item Price
€453.90
€5.68 shipping to USA