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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Worcester, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London; Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly, 1880. Hardcover. Good. Seymour and Browne/"Phiz. 8vo; xii, 497pp. In original publisher's red buckram binding with black and gilt tooling to spine and front board. Binding shaken (as is common for this edition), spine tips, hinges and board corners bumped/worn, unobtrusive early inscription to front endpaper, internally an uncommonly clean copy without foxing, with full complement of 8 plates by Seymour and Phiz. Overall a very presentable example, undated but undoubtedly a circa 1880 copy of the "Charles Dickens Edition" of this celebrated work.
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
- Lyppard Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000026
- Title
- The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Illustrator
- Seymour and Browne/"Phiz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London; Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly
- Date Published
- 1880
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- DICKENS PICKWICK PAPERS CHAPMAN AND HALL CHARLES EIDITION Classics, "English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian books; Antiquarian English Literature;
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About Lyppard Books
Lyppard Books was established in Worcester, UK, in 2012, adopting the unusual name from Lyppard Grange, once a farm attached to the monastery of Worcester's ancient cathedral. We maintain a small and select stock of English and Continental antiquarian titles from the dawn of western printing to the 19th century, and aim to offer original, early examples of scarce and sought-after texts.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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