The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
by Dickens, Charles
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About This Item
London:: Chapman and Hall,, 1837. 43 engraved plates by Seymour, Buss and Hablot K. Browne. COSWAY-STYLE blue morocco gilt by Bayntun (Riviere), covers paneled in gilt, with an oval portrait miniature of a young Charles Dickens within a decorative frame on the front cover and an oval portrait miniature of an elder Dickens on the rear; spine gilt, turn-ins tooled in gilt, pale blue watered silk doublures and liners, a.e.g. Custom blue cloth slipcase. Tiny repairs to the magins and to the upper corner of the plate facing p.579. A magnificent book.. First Edition. Fine. 8vo..
Synopsis
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.
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- Bookseller
- Quaker Hill Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 884683
- Title
- The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1837
- Bookseller catalogs
- NY2008; New York 09;
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