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Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, April 1836 - November 1837....
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Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, April 1836 - November 1837.20 parts in 19, 8vo. Engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title-page, and 41 engraved plates by or after R. Seymour, R.W. Buss, and Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"). Original printed blue-green pictorial wrappers; quarter morocco slipcase with folding chemise.
FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS OF DICKENS'S FIRST NOVEL, mixed issue with later issues of wrappers on parts 1-11, wrappers of each part dated 1836, the text and plates in mixed states. The early numbers are later issues without the addresses and ads (but Part 3 does have a copy of the address laid in) and with the simplified illustrator credits on the wrappers. The suppressed Buss plates appear in Part 3; most of the later numbers have their ads. The wrappers for Parts 1, 2, 4-9, and 11 are from the May 1837 printing, though front and back wrappers do not agree in Parts 1 and 9. The wrappers for Part 3 are from the January 1837 printing. Parts 12-19/20 are first issue in all respects, with the following exceptions: Part 12 contains one extra front slip (Fox's Book of Martyrs), and "Mechi's Catalogue" in this part contains only the wrappers and the first internal leaf; Part 13 lacks the rare "Pigot's Views" insert; Part 14 lacks one rear ad leaf.
Condition: Most spines rebacked or repaired; some light toning, staining, and soiling; minor chipping or creasing to edges, a few with small repairs. Text and plates are generally quite bright. Sold with all faults.
Provenance: The Library of a Minnesota Collector.
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2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6323 (go to Auction Home page)
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