The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz.
by Dickens, Charles
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- first
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About This Item
London: 1837. 8vo, xvi, 609, 4 (ads), [1], address. Forty-three plates, including “Veller” title-page. Old half red morocco, gilt top, bookplate of James Burra. Some edge-browning or foxing to some plates, but a pleasant almost untrimmed copy. § First edition, bound from the parts, with half-title. First states of most of the points. A very acceptable copy of one the great classics of English literature. Gimbel A15. Grolier, 100 English, 78. Hatton & Cleaver, pages 3–88. Smith I, 3.
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- Bookseller
- John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5151
- Title
- The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz.
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- 1837. 8vo
- Place of Publication
- London
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- 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...
- Acceptable
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- Morocco
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- Bookplate
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- First Edition
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