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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club [The Pickwick Papers] (Vol. I, The Works of Charles Dickens, Carleton's New Illustrated Edition)
by DICKENS, Charles
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
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New York: G .W. Carleton & Co., Publishers. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1878. Hardcover. Volume I of Carleton's New Illustrated Edition of the works of Charles Dickens. Includes 22 of the original engraved illustrations, 21 of which are by by Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz") and one by Robert Seymour. "The Pickwick Papers" was the first big success for Charles Dickens. The story first appeared in 1836 in installments, and features Dickens's Sam Weller, Samuel Pickwick and dozens of lesser characters as they travel around England and enjoy many mishap-prone adventures. Also includes a 5-page catalogue of the other Dickens works in this series. --- In full dark green cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations on spine in gilt, with decorations in blind to covers and reinforced blue endpapers; faded dark topstain. --- With prior owner's signature & info. and another owner's rubberstamping to front free endpaper, along with age-toning to leaves, otherwise a tightly-bound, well-preserved copy.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xiv, 15-766, 5 pages .
Synopsis
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (commonly known as The Pickwick Papers ) is the first novel published by Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club catapulted the 24-year-old author to immediate fame. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the sportsman Winkle &, above all, by that quintessentially English Quixote, Mr. Pickwick, & 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 & incidents sprang to life from Dickens’s pen, to form an enduringly popular work of ebullient humor & literary invention The novel was published in 19 issues over 20 months by Chapman and Hall, London in 1836. After the publication the widow of illustrator Robert Seymour claimed that the idea for the novel was originally her husband's; however, 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.
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- Bluebird Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86750
- Title
- The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club [The Pickwick Papers] (Vol. I, The Works of Charles Dickens, Carleton's New Illustrated Edition)
- Author
- DICKENS, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- G .W. Carleton & Co., Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1878
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