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THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB [FIRST HALF OF BOOK ONLY. Modern Mexican binding.]
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Durham, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1838. MISSING THE SECOND HALF OF THE BOOK. xiv, [2], 306 pages [ONLY, of 609 pages], plus frontispiece and 23 full-page plates [ONLY, of 43 illustrations]. Also lacking the engraved title page. Bound with the half-title. Modern full flame calf with gilt-lettered leather spine labels; decorative printed endpapers. Binder's ticket on front pastedown reads: "G. Horner, Encuadernacion. Gomez de la Cortina 34. Eric. 15 - 21 - 17. Tacubaya, D.F." Binding is fine; book block is good, but with heavy browning to the frontispiece and uneven browning and foxing to the other plates; old gift inscription on the black verso of the frontispiece. First edition, later issue. A woefully incomplete copy, offered primarily in respect of the attractive mid-20th-century Mexican binding. Smith I, 3. Eckel, pp. 56-57.
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
- Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000892
- Title
- THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB [FIRST HALF OF BOOK ONLY. Modern Mexican binding.]
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Illustrator
- leather mexico city
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1838
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE LITERATURE - BRITISH;
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Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
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Durham, North Carolina
About Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
An online shop focusing on Americana, particularly books pertaining to the South, and offering rare, scholarly, and antique books on a variety of other subjects. Proprietor David J. Eilenberger worked for over five years at respected firms in the A.B.A.A. before establishing the company in 2010. In addition to books, we are interested in acquiring broadsides, ephemera, 19th-century photographs, and manuscripts. Member Independent Online Booksellers Association since 2017.
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