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The Pickwick Papers
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Moderate wear to extremities else very good condition.
- Seller
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Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chapman and Hall: London, 1837. Full green leather binding. . Moderate wear to extremities else very good condition.. Color and B&W illustrations All page edges gilt. 13 color illustrations & 89 b&w illustrations by Phiz, Weller and Onwyn; plus 2 photos bound in - 1. Chalet at Gads Hill and 2. a statue of Dickens in Philadelphia. Buss plates - Cricket match opposite pg 69 and Arbor Scene opposite pg. 74 are present. Plates have captions not numbers. Includes directions to the binder/Errata. Frontispiece chair has 4 stripes. Appears to be a later state as many first state errors appear corrected.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeffrey Blake
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- JH1151527
- Title
- The Pickwick Papers
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Full green leather binding.
- Book Condition
- Used - Moderate wear to extremities else very good condition.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall: London
- Date Published
- 1837
- Pages
- 609pp.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Jeffrey Blake
Biblio member since 2017
Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
About Jeffrey Blake
I have been selling books of merit since 1995. Fast, courteous, professional service. All orders shipped on the next business day.
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- Later State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from a later run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some part...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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