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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd Book. Illus. by Phiz. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Dickens's first novel, also known as 'The Pickwick Papers', first published in 19 issues over 20 months and in book form in 1837. The original illustrator, Robert Seymour, committed suicide after an argument with Dickens about the book. This undated edition circa 1930-35, printed from one corrected by the author in 1867-68. 639pp illustrated with black and white drawings. Gilt lettering to spine, top edges tinted. Some bumping to spine and corners, creasing to backstrip and left hinge pulling, otherwise good copy with 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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- Bookseller
- Washburn Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014694
- Title
- The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Illustrator
- Phiz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction - Charles Dickens;
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