Lot 485 , Dickens, Charles - The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. 1st edition. pictorial engraved and printed titles and 41 plates (by Seymour & Phiz; lacks frontis and preface); old calf (rejoined). Chapman and Hall, 1837
° Dickens, Charles - The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. 1st edition. pictorial engraved and printed titles and 41 plates (by Seymour & Phiz; lacks frontis and preface); old calf (rejoined). Chapman and Hall, 1837
£80-120
Condition:
Some sl. leather wear; pict. title browned, plates heavily browned at edges (most with engraved surface reasonably clean), some margins with spots, etc. but printed title and text mostly clean, half title present, Binder's Directions / Errata preserved under archive paper (and misplaced at front); text pp.(1)-609; Hatton & Cleaver first issue points (Smith p.21) appear corrected (or not -p.341). Contemp. ownership (Dec.1838)
Sold for £60