The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
1837. First Edition. London: Chapman and Hall, 1836 to 1837
FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL PARTS. 20 parts in 19. Original green printed wrappers. A mixed set. The dates on the covers vary between 1836 and 1837. Part I: 1836, II: 1836, III: 1836, IV: 1837, VI: 1836, VII: 1837, VIII: 1836, IX: 1836, X: 1837, SI: 1837, XII: 1836, XIII: 1836, SIC: 1837, XV: 1837 (but without "BRadbury and Evans"), XI: 18378, SVII: 1837, XVIII: 1837, XIX_XX: 1836 (with "Bradbury and Evasn" without the bracket). The covers dated 1837 have "Bradbury and Evans" printed at the bottom except for the two cases noted above.
Illustrated by Robert Seymour, R. W Buss, and Phiz (H.K. Browne). Parts I and II are illustrated by Seymour Part III has the suppressed plates by Buss. The plates in the other parts are by Phiz.
Some light wear to the covers and spines. Part VI has the contemporary bookseller's stamp of Ormandy & Son, Liverpool. Parts XVII and XVIII have small owner's signatures. Toning to some of the plates.
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Price: $7,500.00