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PICKWICK PAPERS
by DICKENS, CHARLES
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Vancouver, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Reprint by Chapman & Hall 1861 in 2 Volumes.Volume I contains a binder's sheet, frontpiece and vignette titlepage by "Phiz", titlepage dated 1861, Imprint -Bradbury and Evans, Printers, Whitefriars, Dedication,, 6 page Preface, 4 page contents, 2 page List of Illustrations (24), pages (1) - 408, binder's sheet. Illustration images are full size despite the smaller page size. Volume II follows the same order except there is no vignette titlepage and the frontpiece is "Mr. Pickwick slides" out of the usual order. 19 illustrations, pages (1) - 419.
Condition: Very Good. recently restored on original boards - rebacked with maroon Morocco, as well s corner leather, original marbled paper, new end papers. Top edges dusty gilt with rose colored fore and bottom edges. New spine with 5 panels and gilded titling. Text and illustrations in almost like new condition, free of foxing and aging.: a few stain spots in Vol. I. An exceptionally good 2 volume set in a small octavo size ( 7.5 x 4.5; 19 x 12cm,).. Would make a great gift.
Condition: Very Good. recently restored on original boards - rebacked with maroon Morocco, as well s corner leather, original marbled paper, new end papers. Top edges dusty gilt with rose colored fore and bottom edges. New spine with 5 panels and gilded titling. Text and illustrations in almost like new condition, free of foxing and aging.: a few stain spots in Vol. I. An exceptionally good 2 volume set in a small octavo size ( 7.5 x 4.5; 19 x 12cm,).. Would make a great gift.
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
- Cartouche Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D043
- Title
- PICKWICK PAPERS
- Author
- DICKENS, CHARLES
- Illustrator
- "Phiz" and Seymour
- Format/Binding
- Half leather w. marbled paper
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint 1861
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1861
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- 7.5 x 4.5
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Cartouche Ltd.
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Cartouche Ltd.
Biblio member since 2019
Vancouver, Washington
About Cartouche Ltd.
Specializing in Early American Classics and Charles Dickens. Often we add value to challenged copies through expert restoration.
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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