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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hazell, Watson & Viney. Hardcover. Good. Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). Pleasant edition of Dickens' novel. With faux-leather boards, gilt titling and blind stamped design to cover. Marbled end-papers. With the original illustrations of Phiz. Some shelfwear, tanning to page edge and very light rubbing to extremities. Good condition.
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
- AJ Scruffles
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001550
- Title
- The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Illustrator
- Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hazell, Watson & Viney
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- attractive_bindings, literature,
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex
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Glossary
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
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