Lot 249
Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in book form, later issue, 1837.
Hammer Price: £900
Description
Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in book form, early issue, cut signature of the author to front pastedown, half-title, etched frontispiece, additional title and 41 plates by R. Seymour and H.K. Browne ("Phiz"), a few plates expertly laid down with repaired tears, very occasional light spotting mainly to margins of plate leaves, handsomely bound in modern gilt-stamped crimson morocco by Bayntun-Rivière, g.e., modern red cloth slip-case, one corner slightly bumped, 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1837.
⁂ A handsomely bound copy of the first edition in book form of Dickens' first novel.
Description
Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in book form, early issue, cut signature of the author to front pastedown, half-title, etched frontispiece, additional title and 41 plates by R. Seymour and H.K. Browne ("Phiz"), a few plates expertly laid down with repaired tears, very occasional light spotting mainly to margins of plate leaves, handsomely bound in modern gilt-stamped crimson morocco by Bayntun-Rivière, g.e., modern red cloth slip-case, one corner slightly bumped, 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1837.
⁂ A handsomely bound copy of the first edition in book form of Dickens' first novel.
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