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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club 2 Vols.
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
London and Boston: Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1909. Hardcovers. First Thus. 2 volumes. Topical Edition, with the 43 original illustrations and 223 additional pictures of originals of characters and places, scenes and incidents , curious topical allusions, references, analogies and facsimiles collected and annotated by C. Van Noorden. Together with the original announcement of the work, dedication of the original edition, prefaces, addresses and suppressed notes, etc., reprinted from the "Victoria Edition" with the notes by Charles Plumptre Johnson. Original blue cloth, illustrated, top edge gilt. Incidental light foxing mostly to fore-edges. Boards bright, spines mildly rubbed and faded. A very good copy of a difficult to find edition. Podeschi B23. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000830
- Title
- The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club 2 Vols.
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London and Boston
- Date Published
- 1909
- Keywords
- DICKENS, DICKENSIANA, PICKWICK PAPERS, TOPICAL EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dickens;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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