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1859TB29375London: Chapman & Hall 1859. First Edition. First Issue Professionally re-backed preserving much of the original back strip and the blind embossed red cloth covered boards with new end sheets. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches. Overall in very good plus condition with slight foxing to the engraved title pages. Page 243/244 has a 1 1/2" closed tear at the lower edge which has been repaired. The plate facing page 72 has been professionally reattached; however its extreme lower edge is soiled. The top edge of the text block is soiled. 254 pages of text followed by the publisher's Catalogue of Books 32 pages dated November 1859. With 14 plates and the frontispiece and the vignette titlepage by H. K. Browne 'Phiz'. The list of plates shows the signature letter "b" the page number error on 213 is present as is the misspelling of "affectionately" on page 134 line 12 all of which evidence this copy as a first issue. Eckel p.86 Podeschi A143; Smith 13 Chapman & Hall hardcover books
1849145501849. the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. 20 monthly serial parts in 19. London: Bradbury & Evans 1849-1850. Original pictorial light blue-green wrappers. First Edition in the original serial parts issued monthly beginning in May 1849 and ending with a double number in November 1850; the same sheets were then issued in book form using the preliminaries supplied in the last part on 14 November 1850. COPPERFIELD was Dickens's most autobiographical novel written in the first person; along with OLIVER TWIST and A CHRISTMAS CAROL it remains one of his best-loved today. This set has all the proper wrappers with the exception that the wrappers of Part II are from another Part I; also the rear wrapper of Part VIII is actually from another Part XV but the original Part VIII rear wrapper is loosely included -- torn in half and then stitched together with thread as was done 120 years ago. All 19 parts include the proper "Copperfield Advertiser" preliminary ads although four parts have one or more "Advertiser" pages missing. Of all the various terminal ads this set lacks only three: "Lett's Diaries" in VIII as is often the case "Eliza Cook" in XVIII and part of "Cundall & Addey" in XIX/XX. Four of the announcement slips following the plates are lacking. All of the 40 plates by "Phiz" are of course present though about half have some darkening around the edges. Condition is generally very good with minor wrapper edge-wear and soil; the wrappers' spines of some parts are restored at the ends with paper of similar color; in the case of the first two parts and the last double-part the entire spine is so restored. Most of the parts have the same early penciled signature at the top of the front wrapper -- a plus. COPPERFIELD was issued with fewer copies than most of Dickens's other serials of the period such as BLEAK HOUSE and LITTLE DORRIT; as Eckel wrote of COPPERFIELD almost 90 years ago "Comparatively the printing was small and the parts were much read and roughly handled so it is that fine clean and unrepaired copies are difficult to procure." This is not a fine set but it is accordingly not priced in five figures. Eckel pp 77-78; Hatton & Cleaver pp 253-272; Podeschi/Gimbel A121; Carr B220. Housed in a cloth clamshell case. unknown books
1844140941524New York: Carey & Hart 1844. First Edition. Very Good. First American edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with covers decorated in blind and spine stamped in gilt illustrated with four hand-colored lithograph plates and four uncolored. Very Good with lean to spine. Cloth a little mottled and rubbed edge-worn with shallow chipping at spine and some loss to joints. Former owner names to preliminary pages and two owner bookplates to front paste down. Pages toned and occasionally spotted one uncolored illustration is creased. Carey & Hart unknown books
1869267671Gads Hill Place 1869. 8 lines in blue ink on conjugate leaf of letterhead of The Times. 1 vols. 8vo. Framed double glass. About fine. 8 lines in blue ink on conjugate leaf of letterhead of The Times. 1 vols. 8vo. A Recommendation from Charles Dickens. Mowbray Morris 1819-1874 manager of The Times newspaper from 1847 to 1873 wrote Charles Dickens on 23 November 1869 thanking him for the "recommendation of Adolphus Trollope. It is an infinite comfort to a man who is charged with the difficult task of fitting holes with their appropriate pegs to have the assistance of any one so competent as you are. I think we shall give Mr. Trollope a trial ."<br/>Dickens wrote a note on the blank "My Dear Trollope I received the note on the other side from Mowbray Morris this morning and immediately post it on to you. Very affectionately yours Charles Dickens" signing with a fine flourish.<br/>Dickens had written to Morris on 20 November; Trollope did not take up the position at The Times. Published in Pilgrim Edition vol. 12 on the basis of 1935 description in T.A. Madigan catalogue unknown books
1868146611868. One page on Gads Hill Place stationery dated 21 May 1868. The text of this letter reads: I am deeply gratified by your praises of Harry; and I dearly hope that in his future career he will do us both justice. Nothing will occur I trust to prevent my having the pleasure of giving away the prizes on the day of the Sports. I am sorry to say that my surgeon forms a far less hopeful view of Harry's accident than yours does. Faithfully yours always signed Charles Dickens The Rev. Brackenbury was the headmaster of Wimbledon School which Dickens's 19-year-old son Harry had attended since 1861 and as "Head Censor" was nearing the end of his final year before going up that fall to Trinity Hall Cambridge the only Dickens child to attend university. Henry Fielding Dickens was the eighth of Dickens's ten children -- named of course for one of Dickens's favorite authors Henry Fielding; it is said that CD wanted to name him for another author Oliver Goldsmith but worried that his son would be teased at school as "Oliver asking for more." Earlier that same month Dickens had returned from his "exhausting" five-month tour of North America. Although Dickens here tells Brackenbury that nothing should prevent him from giving away the Sports prizes on May 30th the Wimbledon prizes would in fact be handed out by someone else "in the unavoidable absence" of Charles Dickens; his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth and his eldest daughter "Mamie" Dickens attended in his absence. As for "Harry's accident" referred to in the letter Dickens wrote about it the very next day in a letter to J.C. Parkinson: My boy is laid up at Wimbledon he is headboy there now and going up to Cambridge with a lamed knee. Having lamed it two years ago he was medically admonished not to jump -- of course therefore did jump -- and probably will never jump again. Dickens's "hope that in Harry's future career he will do us both justice" did come to fruition: Harry is generally considered to have been the most successful of the Dickens children becoming barrister Sir Henry Fielding Dickens K.C. Harry died in December 1933 when as was his custom he crossed a busy London street by raising his walking-stick rather than by looking both ways -- and was run over by a motorcycle. He was the last surviving Dickens child which is why Dickens's last book THE LIFE OF OUR LORD though written in 1846 was not published until early 1934 -- as Dickens had stipulated that it not be published until all his children had died. One final unrelated tidbit: on the very day after Dickens wrote this letter the last public hanging in Britain took place as the Capital Punishment Amendment Act took effect on the 29th; for decades but especially as revealed in his 1849 letters to The London Times Dickens had campaigned against public hangings -- not against the hangings themselves but against the public spectacles they had become. This letter documented in The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol 12 page 115 is in fine condition original fold-marks from mailing. unknown books
185028170New York: G. P. Putnam and others see below 1850. First American edition 19 volumes 8vo text in double column within ruled borders; a fine set in contemporary half blue polished calf over marbled boards red morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines. Household Words was considerably more popular in England than America and its publishing history in America is "almost absolutely dark as is the whole subject of periodical printing and 'arrangements' . The 1850's were years of copyright agitation in America and certainly no legally protective arrangements were possible to the English publishers before the journal was discontinued in 1859. And it is not surprising that the course of Household Words was not so brilliant in America as was that of its successor All the Year Round.It was partially a local work and not quite so interesting to an America as to an English reader; it had changed publishers too often; there was no legitimate arrangement between the English proprietors and the American publishers; it was sold at too high a price; it had been published by inexperienced people and therefore had not received proper publicity and promotion; and its lack of pictorial illustration made it unpopular with the masses" Buckler William E. "'Household Words' in America" in Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America vol. 45 pp. 160-66. While the first volume was published by Putnam volumes 2 and 3 were printed from English plates and have a London imprint; those publishing the remaining volumes included in order McElrath & Lord; Angell Engel & Hewitt McElrath & Barker; T. C. McElrath & Co.; J. A. Dix; Dix & Edwards; Dix Edwards & Co.; Miller & Curtis; James Miller; Jansen & Co.; and Frederick A. Brady. Complete sets of this American piracy in a matching contemporary binding are uncommon. <br/><br/> G. P. Putnam [and others, see below] hardcover books
1844100522Philadelphia: Carey & Hart 1844. First American edition. Title-page printed in red and blue half-title printed in blue handcolored lithographed frontispiece and 3 handcolored lithographed plates after John Leech by P. S. Duval 4 wood-engraved plates after Leech. 12mo. Publisher's rib-grain purple cloth covers blind-panelled spine gilt in close imitation of the Chapman and Hall design white endpapers plain edges; spine faded head and foot of spine and corners trifle worn; ; some very light browning to text. Contemporary signature of Mary Belknap on recto of frontispiece. First American edition. Title-page printed in red and blue half-title printed in blue handcolored lithographed frontispiece and 3 handcolored lithographed plates after John Leech by P. S. Duval 4 wood-engraved plates after Leech. 12mo. First American Edition. In this issue the frontispiece like that of the Tauchnitz edition is the plate of Marley's Ghost and Scrooge. In the gift-binding issue the frontispiece plate is "Mr. Fezziwig's Ball" as in the first London edition. Gimbel/Podeschi A80 Carey & Hart unknown books
185235585London: Bradbury & Evans 1852 1853 1854. First editions first issues. First state ads in vols. I and III and no page number on page xi in vol. I. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. London: Bradbury & Evans 1852 1853 1854. 3 vols. First editions first issues. First state ads in vols. I and III and no page number on page xi in vol. I. Frontispiece by F. W. Topham in each volume. xi210 1 of ads; viii 214 1 of ads; viii 321 1 of ad pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Original reddish brown ribbed cloth. Marbled edges and endpapers. Volume one has a small nick at the rear heel joint. Former ownerÕs name in ink to endpaper barely discernible. Lovely copy with a small restoration to the head of the spine of volume 3. Housed in a dark green 1/4 leather slipcase. In exceptionally nice condition. Very good/No dust jacket. Multiple volumes - extra shipping charges apply Insurance required to ship this item. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
18901403031Elliot Stock London 1890. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The Christmas Carol 1890 Facsimile reproduction of the author's original manuscript. One of only 250 copies in the U.S. and 500 in the U.K. Very rare with uncut pages. Original paper boards with gilt detailing. Rubbing along the edges corners and spine ends piece of spine missing at bottom. Exceptionally clean and bright inside. Comes housed in a custom slip case. Elliot Stock, London hardcover books
18551704249Bradbury & Evans 1855. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A complete set all five volumes of the Christmas books. A Christmas Carol is the 13th edition 1855 rebound with a new leather spine. The Chimes is a first edition second state. The Battle of Life the Cricket and the Haunted Man are all first editions. Very good condition housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
188114351London: Published by Chapman and Hall 1881. Comprising 8 pen and ink drawings by Mahoney signed with monogram M; and 1 gray wash drawing and 2 watercolor drawings by Green signed CG. 1 vols. Various sizes. Matted and bound into an oblong folio album of red morocco gilt by Rivière & Sons front hinge repaired. A few of the drawings show some minor foxing otherwise fine. Comprising 8 pen and ink drawings by Mahoney signed with monogram M; and 1 gray wash drawing and 2 watercolor drawings by Green signed CG. 1 vols. Various sizes. 11 Green & Mahoney Drawings for Little Dorritt. Cf. Podeschi H1150; H1816a Published by Chapman and Hall unknown books
186058159London: Chapman and Hall 1860. First edition RARE issue with 1860 title and page 213 numbered correctly. Phiz. 8vo pp. 254 Including 16 plates by Phiz Hablot K. Browne Bound in publisher's green cloth cloth spine faded with some wear at the extremities. Some toning to the engraved title pages o/w a nice clean copy. This is the first issue with the misspelling "affectionately" on page 134 line 12 but the pagination of 213 has been corrected. The list of plates does not have the signature "b". Bookplate a very good copy. See Eckel 86; Sadleir 701. "According to Jarndyce the 3rd issue has the date of 1860 on the title-page instead of 1859 and page 213 is numbered correctly. The green cloth binding is identical to the cloth of the 1859 issues." This was originally serialized in All The Year Round and issued in a book on November 21 1859. "It Was The Best Of Times It Was The Worst Of Times. It was the age of wisdom It was the age of foolishness. Chapman and Hall unknown books
1836145491836. Containing a Faithful Record of the Perambulations Perils Travels Adventures and Sporting Transactions of the Corresponding Members. Edited by "Boz." With Illustrations. 20-in-19 monthly serial parts. London: Chapman & Hall 1836-1837. Original light green pictorial wrappers. First Edition in the original 20-in-19 monthly serial parts issued from April 1836 through November 1837. This was Dickens's first novel and his first book to appear in monthly serial parts; the sketches that would become SKETCHES BY BOZ appeared first in periodicals then in two-plus-one volumes in 1836-1837 and finally once Chapman & Hall took over in serial parts in 1837-1839. PICKWICK in parts is extremely complex bibliographically mainly for two reasons both of which came to a head with the fourth part. Dickens at the time was essentially unknown even as "Boz" because all he had written were the above sketches not yet in book or serial form; in fact C&H decided to publish PICKWICK only because the great illustrator Robert Seymour was involved -- and merely engaged the unknown Dickens to write something to accompany the illustrations. Seymour provided four plates for the first part and had prepared three of four planned for the second part when he died suddenly by his own hand. C&H quickly engaged Robert Buss to take on the illustrating which he did with two plates for the third part; with the great Seymour no longer involved the publisher agreed to scale back the number of plates per part from four to two -- which also meant more writing and money for Dickens. But both Buss and C&H quickly acknowledged that Buss was not the right illustrator for PICKWICK and beginning with the fourth serial part the little-known Hablot K. Browne "Phiz" was engaged for the remainder of the book -- and for many Dickens novels thereafter. Meanwhile PICKWICK was not selling well. Only 1000 copies of the first part were produced and only about half of those sold so only 500 of the second part were produced. As C&H struggled to find an illustrator the third and fourth parts were not big sellers either perhaps dropping to only 300 copies or so. But in the fourth part the first to include "Phiz's" plates Dickens introduced the character of Sam Weller -- and the public loved him. The book's popularity soared with each subsequent part; people who had missed the early parts now wanted copies of them and people as late as 1838 wanted sets of the parts too. As a result the publisher was constantly having to print new copies of the parts especially of the first four for some of which "Phiz" designed new plates to replace the much-maligned two by Buss. Thus there are many issues of most of the parts and a "Prime Pickwick" a set with the first four parts in first state are legendarily scarce. All of that said this set is generally later-issue. Only Parts 9 10 14 15 16 17 18 and 19/20 are in first-state wrappers and only Parts 9 plus 12-through-19/20 have the preliminary "Pickwick Advertiser" ads later issues were generally published without time-sensitive ads. Part 3 has the replacement plates by "Phiz"; in general most of the plates in the second half are first-state while most in the first half are as usual second-state. Of the "Address" slips called for after the plates in seven parts this set has all but the first two -- as usual. Contact us for further details. As for general condition it is remarkably near-fine. There is very little edge-wear and only four parts 11 plus the last three appear to have deftly-repaired spines. The plates in Part 9 are slightly browned around the edges and have very minor foxing but otherwise the plates are unusually clean and sharp. A set of first-issue parts in this condition would easily bring $25000 and a "prime" set few are known to exist would be numerous multiples of that. In all the fact that just over half of the parts are later-issue reduces the price significantly for the collector who wants a good-looking PICKWICK in parts that costs less than a new car. Hatton & Cleaver pp 1-88. Housed in a cloth clamshell case. unknown books
18702479London: Chapman and Hall 1870. First Edition. Fine. Bound by Cedric Chivers circa 1911 in full red crushed morocco. With the coat of arms for the city of Rocherster on the front panel and intricate details on the spine. Silk moire end papers all edges gilt extra-illustrated with 17 anonymously executed watercolors depicting localites in Rochester the inspiration for the setting of the novel and Dickens's childhood home. Four of the original watercolors are in full color. Additional hand drawn title page; portrait of Fildes and John Forster tipped in as well as a few leaves from Forster's "Life of Dickens" relating to this work. Book and binding in exceptional Fine condition. Two other extra-illustrated copies in Chivers bindings appeared in the auction record 1991 and 1995 but nothing since then. This binding likely executed at the same time c. 1911.<br/><br/>Famed for his lush bindings involving leather gilt and vellum Cedric Chivers often partnered with William Morris' Kelmscott Press. By the turn of the century his work began to be sought out for presentation and exhibition copies of literature by authors including Charles Dickens Dante Gabriel Rossetti Alfred Lord Tennyson and Charles Lamb. <br/><br/>Dickens' final novel left unfinished and published posthumously breaks with some of the author's previously established literary tendencies. Present are Dickens' emphasis on the relationship among smaller family units that create a larger social ecosystem; also present are his interests in blood versus conjugal familial duties. Yet the novel takes on an even darker tone than previous works. Drood's uncle John Jasper sits at the book's center; and his roles as an opium addict and philanderer affect all characters in orbit around him. In love with Drood's fiancee Rosa Jasper becomes the main suspect when Drood disappears under suspicious circumstances. Yet because the novel was left unfinished at the time of Dickens' death no final conclusion exists. Thus a part of the book's popularity was and continues to be derived from the ongoing mystery. "Since its publication in 1870 there have been hundreds of theories.trying to argue for how they think the story might end.the existing half of Drood spans just over 200 pages but the non-existent half has been expanded into thousands of pages presented in letters journal articles monographs novels. Dickens' book is open ended albeit unintentionally and that has meant a colossal opportunity for readers to engage with and explore the wide unknown of Drood's conclusion" Orford. Fine. Chapman and Hall unknown books
185023001London: Bradbury and Evans 1850. First edition of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" Virginia Woolf. Octavo finely bound in Cosway style blue morocco with an oval portrait of Charles Dickens on "ivorene" inset into the front panel spine gilt in compartments all edged gilt light blue watered silk liners. In very good condition. Illustrated with 38 etchings by Hablot Knight Browne. With many lovers of the author's works David Copperfield ranks as the finest of his writings. With a book which gave to the world such characters as Betsy Trotwood Micawber the Pegottys and Mr. Dick. it would be strange if it had been otherwise" Eckel 77. "Dickens and Browne are the most celebrated author-artist team in the history of English book illustration" and Copperfield was their "most popular success" Hodnett 111-12. "Charles Dickens and Hablot Knight Browne are the most celebrated author-artist team in the history of English book illustration" and Copperfield was their "most popular success" Hodnett 111-12. Cosway bindings named for renowned 19th-century English miniaturist Richard Cosway were popularized if not invented in the early 1900s by the renowned London bookselling firm of Henry Sotheran. The earliest Cosway bindings were created by Miss C.B. Currie who faithfully imitated Cosway's detailed watercolor style of portraiture from designs by J.H. Stonehouse Sotheran's manager. These delicate miniature paintings often on ivory were set into the covers or doublures of richly-tooled bindings and protected by a thin pane of glass. Bradbury and Evans unknown books
1859160801013London: Chapman & Hall 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first issue. Three quarter leather binding over marbled boards with marbled endsheets. Light rubbing to leather at corners and fore edge. Previous owner details to prelim with a short repaired tear. Pages sporadically foxed a bit heavier to plates. The classic Dickens tale set during the French Revolution with the iconic opening line "It was the best of times it was the worst of times. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
18531708065Bradbury & Evans 1853. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very good first edition in the original boards. Very rare as such since most copies are rebound. Some foxing. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
187010986London: Chapman & Hall c. 1870s. The works of Charles Dickens. Octavo 32 volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised bands illustrated. In fine condition. Dickens is generally considered the greatest writer of the Victorian period. His works are characterized by attacks on social evils injustice and hypocrisy. "His imaginative freshness his deep and sincere tenderness and pity his whole-souled humor that is seldom sharpened into wit his superabundance of creative energy have built a deathless niche in the temple of fame for Charles Dickens" Kunitz & Haycraft 184. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
18399000baZ1London: Chapman and Hall 1839. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Early edition. Octavo 8vo. English novel; xvi 624 pages; 21.5cm; full pebble grained leather binding rebacked; on front board in gilt: engraved signature of the author; on back board: gilt lion device; top edge gilt. On page 123 correct "sister" for "visiter"; on page 160 "latter" not corrected to "letter". Mounted in is a one page autograph letter signed January 1847 from Charles Dickens to Percy B. St. John author of The French Revolution of 1848; the letter reports that Dickens is not acquainted with certain prominent Fre. Chapman and Hall Hardcover books
18372938London: Chapman and Hall 1837. First edition. First edition. Exquisitely bound in full crimson morocco with highly decorative gilt designs and green morocco onlays on cover and spine gilt designs on back cover by Sangorski & Sutcliffe including alternating gilt busts of Samuel Pickwick and Sam Weller which recur in the spine panels. WITH SUPERB WATERCOLOR OVAL WATERCOLOR PORTRAIT OF DICKENS inset to inside upper cover mounted with brass edges ornate gilt and morocco onlay borders full morocco doublures and silk-free endpapers. A wonderful and truly imaginative binding. iii-xiv 2 609 pp. Lacking half-title. With 43 engraved plates by Robert Seymour and H.K. Browne. Some scattered light foxing some fraying to f.f.e.p. else fine. Chapman and Hall unknown books
18530104408Bradbury & Evans London 1853. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition in original cloth. Front and back hinges almost loose; some spots on covers; some foxing; overall a very good copy. Comes in custom-made slipcase. Bradbury & Evans, London hardcover books
1845253749Leipzig: J.J. Weber 1845. First German-language editions translated by E.A. Moriarty. Frontispiece and 7 etched plates by John Leech. 3 - 128 pp.; frontispiece and 3 plates by John Leech 3 - 128 pp. 12mo. Publisher's cloth-backed green marbled boards spotting to frontispiece and title page of the second work else near fine. First German-language editions translated by E.A. Moriarty. Frontispiece and 7 etched plates by John Leech. 3 - 128 pp.; frontispiece and 3 plates by John Leech 3 - 128 pp. 12mo. The first German editions of Dickens' first two Christmas books. Not in the Gimbel collection and rare on the market. Gimbel/Podeschi D4 for later collected German ed. but see note for this ed. J.J. Weber unknown books
1850295520London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. First. hardcover. fine. Illustrated by H.K. Browne. 8vo early 20th century full dark blue crushed morocco by Sotheran with gilt spine & dentelles raised bands all edges gilt & portrait of Dickens on the front cover. London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. First Edition.<br/><br/> With most of the first issue points except "screamed" on p. 132. Engraved vignette half-title with date and errata page present. The plates are exceptionally clean with very occasional light foxing.<br/><br/> Bradbury & Evans unknown books
188299841London: Curtis Guild 1882. 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 debtors prison characters and incidents sprang to life from Dickenss pen to form an enduringly popular work of ebullient humour and literary invention. Curtis Guild unknown books
1876313201London: Chapman and Hall 193 Piccadilly Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co 1876. Illustrated with plates after the originals by "Phiz" Hablot Knight Browne George Cruikshank Frederick Walker Edwin Landseer Daniel Maclise John Leech Marcus Stone George Cattermole and Luke Fildes. Printed by Virtue & Co. London. 30 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarter green morocco t.e.g. by Stikeman & Co. for Charles Scribner's Books. Fine. Illustrated with plates after the originals by "Phiz" Hablot Knight Browne George Cruikshank Frederick Walker Edwin Landseer Daniel Maclise John Leech Marcus Stone George Cattermole and Luke Fildes. Printed by Virtue & Co. London. 30 vols. 8vo. "This the best edition of my books is of right inscribed to my dear friend John Forster biographer of Oliver Goldsmith in affectionate acknowledgment of his counsel sympathy and faithful friendship during my whole literary life" dedication leaf in Volume I of The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co unknown books
