The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club: Volume I; The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club: Volume II.

Charles Dickens; John Harrison Stonehouse

Published by The Piccadilly Fountain Press, London, 1932

About this Item

Complete limited-edition set of The Lombard Street Edition of The Pickwick Papers, signed by John Harrison Stonehouse and featuring over one hundred illustrations and facsimile plates. Commercially scarce. No. 692 of 1000 copies.Complete in two volumes.Signed by John Harrison Stonehouse to the limitation page of Volume I. A significant English bookseller and Charles Dickens scholar, Stonehouse famously unearthed a series of manuscripts revealing the romance between Dickens and Maria Beadnell. As Stonehouse writes in his introduction, this set is named "The Lombard Street Edition" after the street name of the Beadnell family's former home.In publisher's original hardcover boards. With unclipped dust wrappers.To the rear of each volume are seventy pages of advertisements and facsimile covers from the original serialisation.Volume I contains a facsimile frontispiece, vignette title and thirty further plates. Volume II contains eighteen plates, including a frontispice. Illustrations by R. Seymour, R. W. Buss and "Phiz". Collated, complete.The first novel of renowned English novelist Charles Dickens, known for works such as Oliver Twist, Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities. The Pickwick Papers first appeared in serialised form between March 1836 and November 1837, Dickens initially writing under the pseudonym "Boz". The popularity of this work paved the way for the success of his later career. In publisher's original hardcover boards. With unclipped dust wrappers. Signed by John Harrison Stonehouse to the limitation page of Volume I. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing and a few marks. Dust wrappers suffer more from marking and shelf wear, featuring closed tears and small chips along spines and to the front right spine tip of Volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Reasonably bright and clean copies with spotting mainly contained to the first and last few pages of each text. Very Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club: Volume I; The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club: Volume II.
• Publisher: The Piccadilly Fountain Press, London
• Publication Date: 1932
• Binding: Hardback
• Illustrator: R. Seymour; R. W. Buss; "Phiz"
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good Only
• Weight: 3 kilograms
• Signed: signed by author
• Book Type: book