The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
by Dickens, Charles; Seymour, R. (illus.); Phiz (illus.)
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First Edition in book form. Hardcover. Very Good. Half calf and marbled paper, gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on spine, all edges marbled. With 43 uncaptioned engravings by R. Seymour and Phiz. Other points: footnote on p. 9, "S. Veller" on line 5 of p. 342, Pickwick misspelled ("Picwkick") on p. 375, "this friends" on line 21 of p. 400, and flawed "f" in "of" in the p. 432 headline. Rebacked, with original backstrip laid-down; scuffing along joints and edges of boards; about half of the plates are foxed and/or browned in varying degrees of severity -- though all are perfectly legible
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- Sanctuary Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D4881
- Title
- The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
- Author
- Dickens, Charles; Seymour, R. (illus.); Phiz (illus.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition in book form
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1837
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- Rebacked
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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...
- Spine
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- Foxed
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Edges
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- First Edition
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