The Pickwick Papers (Everyman Paperbacks) by Charles Dickens ISBN 13: 9780460012355

Penguin Publishing Group, 1972. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Paperback. Very Good.

Dutton Adult, 1972-02-04. Hardcover. Good.

J. M. Dent, London, 1972. reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Written for publication as a serial, The Pickwick Papers is a sequence of loosely-related adventures. The action is given as occurring 1827-8, though critics have noted some seeming anachronisms. The novel's main character, Samuel Pickwick, Esquire, is a kind and wealthy old gentleman, and the founder and perpetual president of the Pickwick Club. To extend his researches into the quaint and curious phenomena of life, he suggests that he and three other "Pickwickians" (Mr Nathaniel Winkle, Mr Augustus Snodgrass, and Mr Tracy Tupman) should make journeys to remote places from London and report on their findings to the other members of the club. Their travels throughout the English countryside by coach provide the chief theme of the novel. A distinctive and valuable feature of the work is the generally accurate descriptions of the old coaching inns of England. the book is introduced by GK Chesterton.. A clean copy, no… Read More

GB: Everyman's Library (Dent/Dutton), 1977. Pictorial paperback. £1.75 rear cover. Printer Code on rear cover is 7/77. Inscription of owner at start of book. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age.. Reprint. Paperback. VG. Illus. by Mary Evans Picture Library.