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The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club With Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz. First Edition, First Issue.
by DICKENS, Charles; SEYMOUR, R; PHIZ; BUSS;
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- Hardcover
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Chapman and Hall, 1837 1st ed, 1st issue. Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Half bound dark green calf leather to spine and corners and marbled paper covered boards. Spine with twin leather spine labels lettered in gilt and full gilt decoration. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good condition. In lovely leather fine binding. Some slight minor rubbing to corners and spine ends. Else lovely smart cover. Some moderate dark foxing spots to blank prelims. No penned inscriptions. Some mild to moderate darkening to plates, many remain quite bright and clean, with some minor tanning around edges Frontis and decorative title more heavily darkened and foxed. A couple of minor spots and some minor offsetting to pages. Else pages very clean and tight. Binding tight and sound. Else a lovely 1st edition. 609pp. Illustrated with Forty-Three B&W Engraved plates (41 + Title & Frontis) by Phiz, R. Seymour (and JW Buss). This copy contains the following first issue points given by Hatton & Cleaver: signature 'E' (p.25), 'hodling' (p.260), '7' misaligned (p.267), 'indelicate' and 'inscription' (p.341), 'S. Veller' (p.342), headline 'F' imperfect (p.432).
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- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Title
- The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club With Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz. First Edition, First Issue.
- Author
- DICKENS, Charles; SEYMOUR, R; PHIZ; BUSS;
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Chapman and Hall, 1837 1st ed, 1st issue
- Keywords
- ENGLISH LITERATURE DICKENS, Charles; SEYMOUR, R; PHIZ; BUSS; The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club, With Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz., Chapman and Hall. London., 1837, Leather Binding Fine Binding First Edition Illustrated Book
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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Foxed
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- Gilt
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Rubbing
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