DICKENS, Charles.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
"Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage": First EDITION in book form OF DICKENS’ The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.
$1,600.00
In Stock
Item Number: RRB-148216
* Custom Clamshell Boxes are hand made by the Harcourt Bindery upon request and take approximately 60 days to complete
First edition in book form of Dickens' first novel and one of his greatest works. Octavo, bound in full polished calf bound by Bayntun with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. 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. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. Housed in a custom marbled slipcase. A very sharp example.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
$1,600.00
In Stock
Other Books by this Author
![The Works of Charles Dickens [Including: Bleak House; A Tale of Two Cities; David Copperfield; Great Expectations; Oliver Twist; A Christmas Carol; David Copperfield; Dombey & Son; The Old Curiosity Shop; Nicholas Nickleby].](https://raptis.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/The-Works-of-Charles-Dickens-DICKENS-Charles-10986.jpg)
![A Tale of Two Cities. [with] Charles Dickens Autograph Note.](https://raptis.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/RRB-149368.jpg)
