DICKENS CHARLES The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

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DICKENS, CHARLES. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Illustrated with 44 engraved plates (an extra plate bound in) by Seymour and Phiz. Half-title. 8vo, full light brown calf with gilt triple-fillet borders, spine gilt in 6 compartments with lettering labels in two, minor soiling, joints a bit rubbed with rear cover partially split, top edges and inner dentelles gilt; front hinge repaired; some plates lightly browned around edges; marbled board slipcase. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837

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first edition in book form. With the Buss plates, indicating an early issue, and first state of the title-page with "Veller" for "Weller" otherwise a combination of late and early plates as usual, and with some plates cut down and apparently supplied from other copies. Eckel, pp. 17-19.