The Posthumous Papers of the pickwick club.
London.
Chapman and Hall, 1837.
First edition in book form.
8vo.
xiv, [2], 609pp, [1]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 41 engraved plates by R. Seymour and Phiz (i.e. H. K. Browne). Contemporary green calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, slight loss to lower corner of leaf Ee5, short marginal tear to terminal leaf, damp-staining to foot of text-block, plates foxed.
A handsome copy of and early issue of the first edition in book form of Dickens' first novel.
£ 625.00
Antiquates Ref: 30546
