![55[Dickens (Charles)], "Boz". The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in the original 19/20 parts, 1836-7.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/a8e3a43f-9b90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/0c115aaf-0e91-ee11-817a-6045bdfc47ac.webp "55[Dickens (Charles)], \"Boz\". The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in the original 19/20 parts, 1836-7.")
Lot 55
[Dickens (Charles)], "Boz". The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in the original 19/20 parts, 1836-7.
Hammer Price: £2,200
Description
[Dickens (Charles)], "Boz". The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in the original 19/20 parts, 43 engraved plates by Robert Seymour, R.W. Buss, and Hablot K. Browne, mixed states, publisher's address to parts 10, 15, 17-20 only, front adverts to parts 14-17 only, rear adverts to parts 14, 15, 17-20 only, original printed wrappers, some light repairs or restorations to some spines (spine split to final part), but a clean and excellent set overall, preserved in custom pull-top box (lacking lid), [Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 3-88], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1836-7.
⁂ Rare in parts and notoriously bibliographically complex. A full listing of the relevant issue points of the present work is available upon request.
Description
[Dickens (Charles)], "Boz". The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in the original 19/20 parts, 43 engraved plates by Robert Seymour, R.W. Buss, and Hablot K. Browne, mixed states, publisher's address to parts 10, 15, 17-20 only, front adverts to parts 14-17 only, rear adverts to parts 14, 15, 17-20 only, original printed wrappers, some light repairs or restorations to some spines (spine split to final part), but a clean and excellent set overall, preserved in custom pull-top box (lacking lid), [Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 3-88], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1836-7.
⁂ Rare in parts and notoriously bibliographically complex. A full listing of the relevant issue points of the present work is available upon request.
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