Description
The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman & Hall, 1837. First English book edition, later issue, 8vo, etched frontispiece, vignette title-page and 41 other plates by Robert Seymour, R.W. Browne and H.K. Browne ('Phiz') all in later states, publisher's slate blue fine-diaper cloth, covers stamped in blind with filigree ornament at corners and strapwork design at centre, "The Pickwick Papers" in gilt on spine, collector's black silk slipcase, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper, some spotting and dampstaining, occasional small marginal tears, hinges neatly repaired, binding slightly scuffed and faded