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The Pickwick Papers
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Somerset West, South Africa
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About This Item
The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club. The Nelson Classics. Not dated. Dust jacket is price clipped with small chips in the spine area – but otherwise in great shape since it was covered in plastic. Red cloth boards with golden lettering. Slight foxing to leading and ending pages but the rest of the text remains beautifully clear. No inscriptions.
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
- Sunset Books (Pty) Ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1830
- Title
- The Pickwick Papers
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Book Condition
- Used - See description
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Pages
- 845
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- The Nelson Classics
Terms of Sale
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Sunset Books (Pty) Ltd
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About Sunset Books (Pty) Ltd
Sunset Books (Pty) Ltd is an online seller of pre-loved, rare and vintage books in Cape Town, South Africa.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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