Pickwick Papers by Dickens, Hardcover (Over 2,500 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens. First edition. In purple fine-diaper leather binding blind-stamped, blind-stamped spine lettered in gilt, pale yellow endpapers. Publisher: Chapman and Hall, London, 1837. First state of the frontispiece with Veller. Contains the two suppressed Buss plates on pages 69 and 74. All plates present and have edge darkening. Plates collated. All internal flaws collate with the Smith bibliography the exception of two. However Smith indicates that the flaws listed are limited to those found in most copies of the one-volume first edition. 609 pages. Binding is in near fine condition. Contents clean, darkening to plates noted above. A scarce original cloth and given the first issue points noted. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #C-116. Price: $10,000. Language: eng.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dickens was only 24 years old when he wrote The Pickwick Papers and after that, literary history was made. With booklet one in 1836, they printed 400 copies. Many experts who have written books about the history of this famous publication have said that trying to find a first run book of Pickwick is a "hopeless ambition." Not only is this copy first run, the beauty of the plates demonstrate they were very early off the press. With the next monthly booklet, they went up to 500 copies. By booklet 3, it was 1000 copies and it was a worldwide success - explosion. Eventually, they were printing 40,000 booklets at a time (per printing). Going back to the first booklet, they had to reprint the early booklets twenty times! That is a LOT of copies. This is a chance to be one of the only people on earth to own a true first printing of Charles Dickens's first book - this is as good as it gets for any collector. The gold gilded top edge has kept the soiling out. The pages are bright and clean as the photos will demonstrate. It was bound back in the day by the highly respected Zaehnsdorf Binding in London. After the third monthly part, it is fairly common to see first issue plates by Phiz - the serial was a huge worldwide success at this point; however, as stated in many books from people who have spent a lifetime studying and searching for this title, like Johannsen's book and Hatton and Cleaver's Book, later referenced by Walter Smith, etc., in the early plates in the first booklet, those "in the first state are particularly scarce, John F. Dexter (later cited again by Johannsen) suggesting that of the first issue of 400 copies of part 1, 'I very much doubt whether more than 50 impressions in first state were obtained from the first set of steels' (Johannsen, p.2)." In this copy for sale, amazingly, 8 of the 9 plates (9 plates would be to the end of book 3) are first issue! This is the holy grail! Hatton and Cleaver - one hundred years ago - suggested that to their knowledge, there were 13 known (of the 50 or so said to be printed in 1836) that have survived. This is one of those copies. I will list the first five plates from the most important Monthly Book Part 1 below where four of the first five plates are in the first state: Plate 1 (Pg. 2): Mr. Pickwick Addresses the Club: The buttons on Mr. Pickwick's vest are properly placed at the right of the parting line, that is, toward his left side. There are only two books on the table; however, at first sight there appear to be three. The 'g' on the page number at the bottom shows a curly tale. NOTE: This picture of Pickwick (by Seymour) followed the text so carefully (or vice versa), the thousands of other drawings that have since been drawn of Pickwick only satisfy based on this original. This first plate of Dickens's first work created the Pickwick phenomenon, launching Charles Dickens's career.Plate 2: (Pg. 7): The Pugnacious Cabman: The Tall Soldier in the background has no mustache. The glasses on the ground have one temple turned in. Plate 3: (Pg. 9): The Sagacious Dog: This plate is in the second state. The dog's tail is not as pointed. The hinges are not as shaded and the hasp on the gatepost does not stand out sharply from the foliage. Plate 4: (Pg. 17): Dr. Slammer's Defiance of Jingle: There are 10 floorboards; Dr. Slammer's left foot does not touch the crack in the floorboard, and Jingle's left foot is in the center of the second board; his other foot is entirely on the second step. Plate 5: (Pg. 31): The Dying Clown: The foot of the listener touches the hat on the floor; the pitcher on the shelf on the right is unshaded. Other issues of interest: both Buss plates are present; the footstool on the frontispiece is first issue (showing just four stripes).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Five volumes, complete. The true first edition of Dickens's first book, Pickwick Club, which came out as a book in the US before the first UK book edition. Like most of Dickens' novels, this novel was issued in shilling installments before being published as complete volumes. All five volumes are in the first state, very rare thus. Very good original condition, unrestored. This is the first printing of the first published book by Dickens. Housed in a handsome custom-made collector's clamshell case with leather spine.

First edition in book form. Octavo. pp xvi, 609. Later issue points, but the cloth conforms to Smith's description.Armorial bookplate on front pastedown and 19th century ownership signature on half-title. Occasional light foxing. Hinges cracking but tight. Covers faintly marked. Spine a bit faded. Tail of spine snagged. Very good indeed. Very scarce in the original cloth and in such bright and unsophisticated condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Illustrated Library Edition. VGC.Chapman & Hall, London ,1860's-1870's.Illustrated Library Edition of the Works of Charles Dickens in complete 26 octavo volumes(I to XXVI).This set was reissued between 1861 and 1874 with illustrations and was called the Illustrated Library Edition.Hardbacks(marbled front and back covers, gilt lettering to the spine) bound in mainly contemporary half leather(four volumes are in more recent half leather, small nicks and dents on the edges of the covers and spines) in VGC. Illustrated with many b/w plates.Nice and clean pages with small ink marks,creases and nicks on the edges of the pages,small foxing marks inside some of the pages, pages 49-50 in volume I are slightly loose, previous owner's name written on a sticker inside the front cover of each book except for 4 volumes, marbled endpapers and edges of the pages. The front cover of volume XII has come loose but is repairable. Illustrations by George Cruikshank, H. K. Browne.The collection is in VGC for its age with light shelf wear. A collectable and scarce early edition of The Works of Charles Dickens. Please note: This is heavy set(approx 22 Kg). Books sizes: 7.9 x 4.9 inches. This is another paragraph The books are as follows: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club ( 2 volumes, no date given but probably 1867), Nicholas Nickleby(2 volumes, dated 1869), Martin Chuzzlewit(2 volumes, dated 1969), Old Curiosity Shop & Reprinted Pieces(2 volumes), Barnaby Rudge(2 volumes including Hard Times), Sketches by Boz,Oliver Twist(dated 1868), David Copperfield(2 volumes,dated 1870), Pictures from Italy, Bleak House( 2 volumes,dated 1867), Little Dorrit( 2 volumes, dated 1862 & 1867), Christmas Books(dated 1868), Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations( dated 1866), Our Mutual Friend(2 volumes, dated 1869), Dombey and Son(2 volumes, dated 1868).The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club includes Charles Dicken's preface(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.). Also, on the second page of the The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club volume I, it is printed: The Best Edition of my Books Is, Of Right, Inscribed to my Dear Friend John Forster, Biographer of Oliver Goldsmith. Many Patient Hours he has Devoted to the Correction of the Proof Sheets of the Original Editions; And in Affectionate Acknowledgement of His Councel, Sympathy, And Faithful Friendship During My Whole Literary Life. This is another paragraph Later Editions: Upon completion of serialization the works were issued as complete novels in one to three volumes with original, and in some instances, additional illustrations. Starting in 1847 the older novels were reissued in what was called the Cheap Edition, these were published in weekly and monthly parts, and then as complete novels. Eventually all of Dickens' novels were reissued in the Cheap Edition. The concept of the Cheap Edition was similar to today's practice of reissuing hardback novels as more affordable paperbacks. Other editions published during Dickens lifetime include the Library Edition: a high quality set published without illustrations in 1858/59. This set was reissued between 1861 and 1874 with illustrations and was called the Illustrated Library Edition. In 1867 the Charles Dickens Edition was released. This edition featured new prefaces, written by Dickens, who also made minor corrections to the text. Chapman and Hall produced the Peoples Edition in 1865-1867, these were inexpensive monthly installments of the novels aimed at travelers in the very popular bookstalls popping up in railway stations all over Britain. Dickens' works were also published in America, sometimes simultaneously with the British edition and often with little or no compensation to the author or his publishers due to the lack of an international copyright law. Dickens campaigned unsuccessfully for international copyright du.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition in book form. Otavo. MDCCCXXXVII (1837) stated on the title page. With 43 illustrations by R.Seymour and Phiz, London, including the second state of most of the Seymour plates, the Phiz replacement plates for the Buss plates (with captions instead of numbers below images), and mixed early states of the remaining Phiz plates, all prior to Phiz's major re-engravings, with the early page numbers instead of the later captions and imprints below the images, including simultaneous steels of the frontispiece and vignette title. As expected in the first edition in book form, the text points are in the second state, showing corrections. Some wear, a few small tears on pages, some darkening of pages, foxing. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Smith, Dickens, I, 3. HBS 36100.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. M.A. Donohue & Company were not a huge publisher of Dickens works. The earliest versions were printed in London, U.K, Donahue is an American publishing co. Records show they were publishing Dickens' work around 1910/1920 though the majority of their books were never dated. (Hard Times - David Copperfield - Barnaby Rudge & Edwin Drood - are a reprint of the first edition, with the illustrations, and introduction, biographical and bibliographical, by Charles Dickens the younger). Condition: Fine +++. Seller Inventory # SSN-00016.

xvi, 609 pp. Frontispiece, added engraved title page, and forty-three additional illustrations, by Robert Seymour (7), the rare Robert William Buss (2) and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) (34); later issues with the publisher's imprint. 8vo, publisher's deluxe full purple morocco, gilt letterd spine; a.e.g., preserved in a custom 1/4 morocco slipcase. First edition in book form; mixed state of text. Smith Pt. One, 3; Gimbel A 16 (noting three leather bound copies inscribed by Charles Dickens). A few very minor scuffs to the surface of the leather; a beautiful copy.

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836-37. First edition (Precedes the first English edition in book form and precedes the New York edition in parts by 2 years). Volume I, 1st issue with no 'Part First' on title or spine label. Volume II, 2nd issue with 'sporting' on one line on title-page. All other volumes 1st issue. Five twelvemo volumes (7 7/16 x 4 5/16 inches; 188 x 111 mm). [2, blank], [5-6, publisher's ads], vii-xii, [13]-219, [1, publisher's ads], [4, publisher's catalog]; iv, [5]-228; [4, publisher's ads], iv, [5]-232, [4, publisher's ads], [2, blank]; [2, blank], [4, publisher's ads], iv, [5]-223, [3, blank]; [2, blank], [4, publisher's ads], viii, [5]-205, [1, blank], [3, publisher's ads], [11, table of contents for v. I and v. II.], [2, blank] pp. Volume I with the final 4-page advertisements entitled "new novels", not the 12 page publisher ads. Regarding this Smith notes, "Some copies of Part First may have only four pages of numbered advertisements bound in at the end headed "New Novels, &C." Original quarter pink cloth over brown drab boards. Printed paper spine labels. Boards with wear and spines sunned. Labels are rubbed and occasionally chipped, but are mostly still legible. Leaves foxed and toned, as usual for American sheets. Volume I with previous owner's old ink signature on front free endpaper. Some mild marginal damp staining to Volume I, only touching text in the back advertisements. Volume III with pages 129-132 sprung. Volume IV slightly skewed. Occasion signatures printed on darker brownish-pink paper, including Volume II, signatures 1-7 and 9, and Volume IV, signatures 11 and 13. All volumes housed in a red cloth clamshell with printed paper label. Overall a very good set. "This rare american edition preceded the English book edition by several months. The volumes were issued between November 1836 and December 1837. After the initial publication of volume I the volumes were issued simultaneously with the parts in England. Only about 1500 copies of the first volume were issued and this is now hard to find in the first issue state. As Dickens' popularity grew, so the print run for subsequent parts increased and volumes I and II were reissued." (Sotheby's). Smith, 2. HBS 68503. $6,500.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Phiz [Hablot Knight Browne]; R. Seymor; Buss (illustrator). First edition. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first and immensely popular novel. With many first issue points present, and containing the two suppressed Buss plates. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first novel, initially published serially over the course of twenty months. In a half calf signed binding from Bickers.The first edition in book form, mixed but very early issue. With the issue points: 'Veller' to the sign on the engraved title page; five lines of footnotes to page 9; with mark between 'r' and 'u' in 'rum' in the last line of page 10; with the last 'e' of page 17 broken; with the signature 'E' present to the tail of pages 25 and 27; without the parenthesis in lines 14 and 15 from the bottom of page 34; with the quotation mark indistinct before 'Sir' in the ninth line of page 244; line 29 of page 260 reading 'hodling' for 'holding'; page 261 correctly signed 'X2'; with the second '3' in the page number present to page 303; line 1 of page 341 reading 'inbe-licate' rather than 'inde-licate'; line 5 plates at page 343 and 358 are with page numbers; line 5 of page 341 reading 'inscriptino' rather than 'inscription'; 'Picwkick' to the running title of page 375; 'this friends' for 'his friends' on page 400, line 21; an imperfect 'F' in the word 'OF' in the headline on page 432. Plates in first state, with page numbers rather than titles, and without the publisher's imprint.Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page and forty-one plates. Collated, complete.Including the scarce two suppressed Buss plates, facing pages 69 and 74. Retaining the original half title.Plates from Phiz, who is known for illustrating many of Dickens' works, and Robert Seymour, who died whilst illustrating the work.The first edition in book form of this publishing phenomenon from Charles Dickens, his first novel credited with defining a new genre. It popularised both the serial format, and stylistic feature of the cliffhanger. In a half calf signed binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Light rubbing to back strip. Front joint starting, with board holding firm. Evidence of bookplate removal to front free endpaper and front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Discolouration and some light spotting to plates, most concentrated to frontispiece and illustrated title page. Pages otherwise generally clean and bright. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. With forty-three illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz. London. Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. MDCCCXXXVII [1837] XIV + 609 pages. Bound in full leather (dark red) with raised cords on the spine, by Riviere and Son. Gold borders on the boards.Gold lettering and decorations on the spine. Page edges heavily gilt. Some weakness to the leather at the hinges requires careful handling, but both boards remain entirely attached (but someday this will be the weakness). Marbled endpapers. Binding good and tight. Text block clean and tight and square. Engraved title page dated 1837 detached but present in the correct location. Printed title page also dated 1837. 41 engraved plates, extra illustrated with 22 more plates. All First-Issue Points present except signature E is present on page 25. This is a famously complicated first edition to identify. This copy has a note from a previous bookseller (likely close to 100 years ago), The Halle Bros. Co, detailing 42 textual variants, typos, etc. This copy sold by Halle Bros in the last century and again through Hindman Auctions in 2021. Original handwritten letter from Dickens, with envelope. The envelope is taped to the blank side of the front endpaper. It is addressed in Dickens hand and postmarked Feb 1870, with stamp. The original letter is a folded sheet of stationery with Dickens Gads Hill Place address printed on it. Power blue paper, folded in thirds. 27 lines in Dickens hand, plus bold signature and dates, etc. There are 3 strips of tape, yellowed, at the top and bottom of both the envelope and stationery page. 5 Hyde Park Place Saturday Night, February 1870 Dear Miss Huffam, I was more amazed than displeased, I beg to assure you, by finding that your friends has used my name without my knowledge. I received a letter from [?] Hurt and Rockwell of Bond Street, in- forming me that they had had the pleasure of voting for my case. I [ ? ] replied, that could not be, for I had no case. They then gave me your name. Not having the faintest idea that you were a candidate, I supposed them where fuller [?] [?] [?] touching your elder sister; and said so. Upon which they explained in detail. I was very careful to tell [next page] them immediately that there could be no question of the merits of your case, and that I knew it was a meritorious one. I mentioned this in a general way to my sister, but would on no account have done so with the least intention of making you unhappy. Faithfully yours Charles Dickens Miss Loretta Huffam Charles Dickens middle name was Huffam, so it seems likely that there is a family connection here. A gorgeous copy of Dickens first novel, with signed letter. Please email with questions or to request photos. Extra shipping will be required to pack it securely and ship safely by expedited method. [located in bottom right of vault]. Signed by Author(s).

Five volumes, small octavo; original quarter pink cloth and plain boards, printed spine labels; preserved in separate folders contained together in a quarter morocco bookform slipcase. Pickwick in its earliest book form: Dickens' first great work, completed when he was just 24. This very scarce first American edition predated the English book edition, at a time before any international forms of copyright, a practice that was to cause its author great annoyance. The first four volumes of this Philadelphia edition were published between November 1836 and September 1837. The one-volume book edition in England was not issued until November 1837, with the fifth volume of this American edition appearing in December. Only about 1500 copies of the first volume were issued, but as Dickens' popularity grew, later volumes appeared in greater quantities and volumes 1 and 2 were re-issued. In this set, once in the famous Suzannet collection of Dickens, volume 1 is in its rare first state, while volume 2 is in its second issue form. With this set is the letter from the Rosenbach Company offering it to Count de Suzannet, the Dickens collector, for the very substantial 1932 price of $585 (citing the $600 made by a copy at Jerome Kern's 1929 sale). For the relationship between Rosenbach and Suzannet, see Frank A. GIbson, "A Great Bookseller", in The Dickensian Vol.57,Issue334(1 May 1961). Detailed summary: first issue of volume one (no mention of 'part first' on title or spine label, verso of title with note "Dickinson & Ward, Printers", 2pp. advertisements at front listing only "Watkins Tottle" and two sections of 8pp. and 4pp. at end with advertisement for two further works by Boz on verso of final leaf of text p.[220]), second issue of volume two with 'part second' on title and spine label and 'sporting' on sixth line only, volumes 3-5 each with advertisements (3: 4 pp. at front and 4 pp. at end, 4: 4 pp. at front, 5: 4 pp. at front and 14 pp. at end). . Provenance: Rosenbach Company, New York; sold in 1932 to Count Alain de Suzannet, Lausanne (his bookplates and original Rosenbach offer letter); Sotheby's, 22 November 1971, lot 26; Frank Fletcher (decorative bookplate); Sotheby's, 11 July 2002, lot 183; private collection (Sydney). Some spotting or staining; joints to vols 2, 3 and 5 neatly repaired and strengthened at top and tail; new endpapers to vol. 5; boards a bit worn and spine labels rubbed with some loss of lettering.

Octavo, with the half-title; 43 plates in first state; publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth binding, spine lettered in gilt, pale yellow endpapers. First English edition, first issue, of the great novel, preceded only by the publication in original parts, and the unauthorised Philadelphia printing. This copy has a charming if rather boisterous bibliophile association, having been given to A. Edward Newton by R. B. Adam, who has written on the front free endpaper 'Dear A E N, I do not remember who Pickwick was; but I think you told me he was a relation of yours so this must be yr book. R. B. May 30 1927'. Beneath this he has added 'Sam [Weller] why don't you answer?' Tipped in on the same leaf is a slip of paper in Adam's hand: 'Dr N, I have read a book or 2 but I be d. d if I do not think this is one of the greatest books in the World. R. B.' This first issue of the first edition has the Phiz plates in first impressions. The relevant bibliographical points are:- Page 43, second paragraph below Chapter V line 1 has "ruined wall" in the singular Signature "E" on p. 25 & "X2" on p. 261 P. 10 last line has no mark between "r" & "u" in rum P. 17 the last "e" appears broken Vignette on title has "Veller' . Provenance: W.P. Watson (Edinburgh bookseller, with label); R.B. Adam (leather booklabel, and inscription dated 1927 presenting the copy to:) A. Edward Newton (with his Oak Knoll bookplate); Newton's sale (1940, lot 498): private collection (Australia). Spine and joints worn at head and tail; inner stitching a bit weak. Some occasional browning to plates, but generally good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837, First Edition, Second and First State of the plates, second state of the text. With an authenticated John Forster signed letter and a Charles Dickens Signed and Sealed envelope (not connected). Genuine and AUTHENTICATED. Handsomely bound by Bayntun (Riviere), gilt titles, raised gilt bands, lavish gilt decoration to the compartments. Loosely inserted inside the front cover is a letter from George Bayntun to Lt. Col. H. C. Gould dated 27th November 1951 together with a receipt for £10.10s. The letter by Bayntun reads: .A Copy of the Pickwick Papers , First Edition, just out from the finishers, can now be offered to you. We have incorporated two copies in one, giving variations of the plates, some of these being in two states, (first and second issues). It is interesting to see the transformation as the plates were re-etched. To give substance to a few plates we have inlaid them. A holograph letter signed by John Forster, the biographer who wrote the life of Dickens, is inserted. At the end a specimen wrapper of Part vii is also inserted. In new blue crushed morocco, gilt back, top edges gilt, the price is £10.10s., and is offered subject to being unsold on receipt of order. The letter by John Forster reads [. for indecipherable words]: My dear George King is going over to you and I make him carry these kindest regards from as well as can be expected to something much better, I now expect to hear. How are the children? Oh! Gracious Twins! What a . of a family man rises into dazzling view! Have you thought of Sch. since? I hope so. How I wish you would do one outline sketch as a mere idea? Or rather how I wish the first day you . yourself justified in having the most interesting of all convalescences for after hours. How I wish, you d come and take those of a . . Geordie Yours affectionately John Forster Send me a word to say when. An envelope signed by Charles Dickens and addressed to Henry Austin with a red seal to the reverse, both letter and envelope tipped in. The envelope added later and unconnected. All 43 plates are present, with an additional pictorial title page and 10 additional first state plates, as described in Smith, "Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth", Seven of the plates are by Seymour, two by Buss, and the remainder by Phiz. Vignette title page plate shows "S. Veller" and "Phiz fecit" and the second shows S. Weller . The binding is tight and the contents are untrimmed. Overall, a good copy. This copy was grangerised by George Bayntun of Bath in the 1950s. Laid in are duplicates of the additional title and 10 plates in various states, most laid to size, an upper wrapper from the original parts issue, an undated 3pp. autograph note from the biographer John Forster, and an envelope addressed to Henry Austin, signed by Charles Dickens. (i-v), vi, (vii), viii-ix, (x-xi),xii-xiv, (xv-xvi/xv,xvi 2 x List of Illustrations and Directions to the Binder), (1), 2-609pp, (610) as per Smith, duplicate plates for pictorial title, p73, p89, p96, p117, p133, p154, p169, p223, p434 including both the Buss plates. Collation: A in a gathering of 8, B to D in gatherings of 4, *E, E to G in gatherings of 4, H to TT in gatherings of 8 with the second page also signed in H to TT. As called for in Smith. Approximately 9 inches tall.

hardcover. Condition: very good. first. All five volumes. Vol. I is a rare first issue, vol. II is also a rare first issue ("sport-/ing transactions" on title page), vol. III, IV and V also first editions. Vol. I is one of 1500. The US edition preceded the UK book. Books are very good; front and rear first end paper missing in vol. I, all volumes have foxing and some soiling (vol. I has some water damage).

First Edition, first printing. Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with blind-boardered decoration and gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Includes new endpapers with the prelims foxed. All points collated and confirmed. Provenance; from the library of Edward Saunders with the owner's bookplate.Physical description; 609 pages. Notes; 'Phiz' is a pseudonym for H.K. Browne. With a half-title. Source of acquisition: Purchased and placed on deposit by the Governors of the Baillie's Institution of Glasgow. Subjects; Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). English Literature. 1 Kg.

First Edition, first printing. Good copy bound in full aniline calf with blind-boardered decoration and gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Includes new endpapers with the prelims foxed. All points collated and confirmed. Physical description; 609 pages. Notes; 'Phiz' is a pseudonym for H.K. Browne. With a half-title. Subjects; Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). English Literature. 1 Kg.

Brock, C.E. Color plate illustrations by C.E. Brock. xx, 687 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full brown morocco for Asprey of London, upper cover centered with large illustration in multi-color morocco onlay after a plate in the book, spine lettered in gilt with gilt device of Samuel Pickwick in four panels, a.e.g., gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. Fine Color plate illustrations by C.E. Brock. xx, 687 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 588 pages. 588 pages. lithographed frontis piece & lithpgraphed title page with vig nette 17 other lithographed plates some with page allocation numbers no i nserted advertisments at the end publishers preface a first edition of the r.

First Edition, first printing. Good copy bound in full aniline calf with blind-boardered decoration and gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Includes new endpapers with the prelims foxed. All points collated and confirmed. Physical description; 609 pages. Notes; 'Phiz' is a pseudonym for H.K. Browne. With a half-title. Subjects; Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). English Literature. 1 Kg.

First Edition, first printing. Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with blind-boardered decoration and gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Includes new endpapers with the prelims foxed. All points collated and confirmed. Provenance; from the library of Edward Saunders with the owner's bookplate.Physical description; 609 pages. Notes; 'Phiz' is a pseudonym for H.K. Browne. With a half-title. Source of acquisition: Purchased and placed on deposit by the Governors of the Baillie's Institution of Glasgow. Subjects; Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). English Literature. 1 Kg.

First Curtis Guild extra-illustrated edition of one of Dickens' greatest works. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full morocco by F.P. Hathaway with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, silk endpapers. With 53 illustrations by Seymour and Phiz extended by insertion of the Seymour, Buss, Onwyhn and Croquil plates and illustrations including 24 etchings by Pailthorpe , 4 steel engravings by Darley, the Buss plates, and many other illustrations some in color. In near fine condition. From the library of American author and actress Cornelia Otis Skinner with her bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. An exceptional example of this elaborate presentation of one of Dickens greatest works with noted provenance. Few first novels have created as much popular excitement as The Pickwick Papers a comic masterpiece that catapulted its twenty-four-year-old author to immediate fame. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the sportsman Winkle and, above all, by that quintessentially English Quixote, Mr Pickwick, and 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 and incidents sprang to life from Dickens's pen, to form an enduringly popular work of ebullient humour and literary invention.

First edition in book form of Dickens' first novel and one of his greatest works. Octavo, bound in full twentieth-century olive morocco with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. Forty-three engraved plates by Seymour and Phiz, and the two Buss plates which Dickens requested to be removed in subsequent printings on pages 69 and 74, frontispiece and title vignette, with thirty-two extra plates by Onwhyn. In near fine condition with toning throughout. Accompanied by an autographed check by Dickens tipped in on the third free endpaper and drawn on Coutts Bank, payable to "Young Ladies Quarters" for twenty-five pounds, London, fourth March 1862. Rare and desirable. Few first novels have created as much popular excitement as The Pickwick Papers a comic masterpiece that catapulted its twenty-four-year-old author to immediate fame. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the sportsman Winkle and, above all, by that quintessentially English Quixote, Mr Pickwick, and 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 and incidents sprang to life from Dickens's pen, to form an enduringly popular work of ebullient humour and literary invention.

Leather Bound. Seymour, Buss, Phiz illusts. (illustrator). 1st edition. pp. xiv, 609. Thick 8vo. All 43 plates are present, as described in Smith, 'Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth', although five of the plates are placed one page earlier than called for, and one plate is placed ten pages later. Seven of the plates are by Seymour, two by Buss, and the remainder by Phiz. Vignette title page plate shows 'S. Veller' and 'Phiz fecit'. As is always the case with a bound first edition of this title, each of the plates is a 'mixed bag' of first state, first plate, second plate etc. varieties of the plates. Our copy contains at least 33 'matches' to the status of plates found in most first edition copies, as stipulated by Smith; but it also contains 10 plates where the points are different, the majority of the differences suggesting a first plate, first state status. See also Eckel, 'Bibliography of the Original Writings of Charles Dickens; Fitzgerald, 'The History of Pickwick'; Hatton and Cleaver, 'Bibliography of the Periodical Works of Charles Dickens'; Clendening, 'A Handbook to Pickwick Papers'. The contents of our copy show foxing, and there are a few very small (less than one inch) closed tears to the margins. The binding is tight and the contents are untrimmed. Overall, a very good copy with a highly desirable number of first state 'points'. Recent rebind in full brown leather with gilt rules to spine and red morocco spine label. A most handsome presentation.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, with page numbers instead of captions etc. below the plates. 8vo. Author's preface. 43 full-page illustrations by R. Seymour and "Phiz" (Hablot Knight Browne). No half title page. Full polished tan calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine with raised bands and gilt stamped devices within gilt ruled compartments, maroon and green gilt stamped spine labels, covers triple ruled in gilt with gilt devices in corners, elaborate gilt stamped floral inner dentelles, blue endpapers, t.e.g, others uncut. Fine, fresh copy with no foxing. 609 pages. No signatures or bookplates.

First edition in book form of Dickens' first novel and one of his greatest works. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, with the first state Veller title page, with 43 engraved plates by Seymour and Browne and five Buss plates which Dickens requested to be removed in subsequent printings. In very good condition. Few first novels have created as much popular excitement as The Pickwick Papers a comic masterpiece that catapulted its twenty-four-year-old author to immediate fame. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the sportsman Winkle and, above all, by that quintessentially English Quixote, Mr Pickwick, and 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 and incidents sprang to life from Dickens's pen, to form an enduringly popular work of ebullient humour and literary invention.

FIRST EDITION, Veller title. Half title, front. & engr. title, plates by Seymour, Phiz, Onwhyn & Buss. Very handsomely bound in later full scarlet crushed morocco by Root of London, gilt spine, borders & dentelles. Armorial bookplate of Henry Arthur John Silley. a.e.g. A v.g. handsome copy in red cloth slipcase. A superb extra-illustrated copy, with the 32 plates by Onwhyn bound in, as well as the two Buss plates.

6 volumes. Original signed frontispiece by Harry Furniss in Vols I, III & V. Entire set replete with all the other illustrations, with captioned tissue guards, to Pickwick, including those by Sibson, Pailthorpe, Paget, &c., &c. Royal 8vo. 9-7/8" x 6-5/8" Minor extremity wear, spines lightly sunned, overall a VG+ - Nr Fine set. Period full blue leather binding, gilt stamped spine, marbled eps. TEG "Autograph Edition". 1st edition thus (cf. Gimbel D-148; NCBEL III, 784). With bound-in check SIGNED by Dickens. Also SIGNED by Fitzgerald at the end of the Introduction, and by Kitton, at the end of the Bibliographical Note.

First edition. Engraved frontispiece and title-page and with a plethora of engraved illustrations by R. Seymour and H. K. Browne, 'Phiz'. 8vo, very handsomely bound in contemporary 3/4 dark wine morocco over marbled boards, the covers with gilt rules, the spine very beautifully decorated with wide raised bands elaborately gilt tooled and border with double gilt fillet lines, head and tail caps with gilt rolls, one compartment lettered in gilt. xiv, 609 pp. A very attractive copy, especially well preserved and in lovely condition. VERY HANDSOME FIRST EDITION IN PERIOD BINDING. "Pickwick was issued when Dickens' name was just beginning to excite the attention of prescient publishers and be recognized by readers in search of entertaining novels . The publication of PICKWICK, which ran through twenty numbers, made for all time an English classic--a book representative of its age, exhibiting the life and the ideals of an important class of English folk, on the threshold of the Victorian era. Now, over a century and a half later, PICKWICK holds its assured place in the literature of our tongue, and, among all its author's works, seems to have the best chance of achieving what is known as immortality. The book was an improvisation. Dickens was led by his genius and by the indulgence of his jocuse fancy into picturing all the popular life which his varied experience in and out of London had made familiar to him. And it is a book that appeals throughout life--to the child and to the person of late years.' (Gissing) Like others of Dickens' creations, it is a masterpiece. This is a wonderful copy in beautiful contemporary state.

SEYMOUR, Robert; BROWNE, Hablot Knight (illustrator). BROWNE, Hablot Knight, [illustrator]. SEYMOUR, Robert, [illustrator]. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. Full Description: DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition in book form. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 212 x 130 mm). xiv, [1, directions], [1, errata], 609, [1, blank] pp. With the half-title. With forty-three inserted plates by Seymour, Buss and 'Phiz'. With the Seymour and Buss plates, and with the 'Phiz' plates from early steels. Frontispiece is second plate with signature undivided. Engraved title ia the first plate with "Veller" and "fecit". None of the illustrations are captioned but all are signed. All other plates match up to Smith's list except plates 24 (2nd plate, no dog or kitten), 25 (2nd plate, no face), 26 (1st plate, 4 stakes), 36 (2nd plate, legs are square), 37 (1st, stairs with handrail), 40 (1st, signature is not centered), 41 (1st, signature is not centered), and 43 (1st, there is a bottle). With all of Smith's internal flaws except for page 18, 23, 35, 53 and 178. With all first issue points from Hatton & Cleaver except for page 25 does have a signature "E". 341-342 with the correct spellings and with "S.Veller". Includes marginal note on page 9 that was suppressed in later issues. Extra-illustrated with an additional 31 engraved plates, bound throughout the volume, some signed "Sam Weller delt.," some signed "TO delt." Additionally with a fore-edge painting of a man's portrait and house. Bound by Morrell in full 20th-century tan calf. Boards triple-ruled in gilt. Spine elaborately stamped in gilt. With two red calf spine labels, and one black, lettered in gilt. Edges tooled in gilt. Gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Some very minor scuffing to boards. Occasional toning to plates. Overall a very nice copy. First edition in book form of one of Dickens' greatest works. Originally issued in 20 parts from April 1836 to November 1837. "From a literary standpoint the supremacy of this book has been. firmly established. It was written by Dickens when he was twenty-four and its publication placed the author on a solid foundation from which he never was removed. It is quite probable that only Shakespeare's Works, the Bible and perhaps the English Prayer Book, exceed "Pickwick Papers" in circulation" (Eckel, 17). "Never was a book received with more rapturous enthusiasm than that which greeted the Pickwick Papers!" (Allibone I:500). Pickwick would be the first volume in which Dickens was acknowledged as the author, rather than using his pen name, "Boz. Gimbel A15. Hatton and Cleaver, Smith, Dickens, I, 3. HBS 69152. $3,000.