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Price: US$96.62 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. With owner's name inside cover. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. 609pp. Rebound in red cloth covers, faded and worn. Label inside front endpaper states: 'A genuine but defective copy of the first edition, originally bound up from the 19/20 parts issued 1837/7. Some plates mising, several cleaned. This is the books as the author himself, then a young man of 25, saw it 'in print'.' Directions to the binder and errata pages after the contents. Missing 7 plates are the Frontispiece, Vignette title, Cricket match, Arbour scene, The effect of the salmon, Mr Pickwick in the pound and Coachmen drinking the toast. Pp195/196 also missing. Library repairs to some pages. Some fosing, binding showing between some pages. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Price: US$132.37 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1837. Chapman and Hall. Hardcover . ACCEPTABLE Gilt titles, full leather boards. Front board is loose. Edgewear. Spine is damaged. Endpapers are loose. 9x6
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles.. Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.. Chapman & Hall, 1837., London:, 1837.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1st. ed. First Edition. Bradbury & Evans printers. 609p. 43 illustrations/ 14 full page. Some of the point s noted in Ahern are present. 3/4 leather. Top edge gilt. Boards separated but present. Leather on spine gone. Text Near Fine. Page 400 has two small repairs. Some toning to plates.
Seller: Military Books, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
DICKENS, CHARLES.. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.. London Chapman & Hall, 1837.
Price: US$154.59 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp xiv, [2, directions to binder/6 line errata], 609, bound without half title, 43 etched plates, including frontispiece and extra vignette title, by R Seymour and Phiz, bound in contemporary half calf, spine gilt with raised bands and black label, short joined split to upper joint, inner hinges cracked and strengthened with cloth, light but not heavy spotting to the plates throughout, a good sound copy, FIRST EDITION, LATER ISSUE, with the 'Weller' title page and cationed plates.
Seller: J & S WILBRAHAM, LONDON, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles.. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.. London Chapman and Hall, 1837.
Price: US$201.09 + shipping
Description: 8°, ill. Titelbl., total 43 s/w Taf. illustr. v. R. Seymour und PHIZ, 3 Bl., XIV, 1 Bl., 609 S., 1 Bl., farb. gemust. Vorsätze, Hldr., Ldr.ecken, Deckel feine goldgepr. Zierleisten, Ldr.Rsch., dekor. Rvg. Einband teils etwas berieb., Buchblock vorne angeplatzt/hinten mit Ldr.streifen repariert, stellenw. etwas braunfl., einige Taf. stark gebräunt. + + + Achtung: Für unsere Kunden in Deutschland erfolgt der Versand in der Regel verzollt vierzehntäglich ab Deutschland. + Bankverbindung in Deutschland vorhanden. + Bitte fragen Sie uns an. Danke + + +
Seller: Antiquariat Viarius, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman & Hall, 1837.
Price: US$209.35 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Chapman & Hall 1937. First. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. Front board is semidetached from the spine. Fine illustrations. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom
Price: US$212.56 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 220x145mm (8½"x5½"). First edition in book form, a later issue. Some identification points:- engraved title with "Tony Weller" on signboard, signature E at pages 25 & 27, "holding" at page 260 line 29, "Chapter XXVIII" on page 282 and on page 299, "S. Veller" at page 342 line 5, "Picwkick" in heading at page 375, "his friends" at page 400 line 21, plates with Chapman & Hall imprint, Phiz plates replacing Buss plates. pp(4)/XIV(2)609(1)/(4) including half-title, leaf with directions to binder at recto and errata at verso, two blank preliminary leaves and two blank final leaves; with 43 plates including tissue-separated frontispiece and additional engraved title-page. All edges gilt. Later 19th century full blond calf by Tout & Sons for booksellers H. Sotheran of Piccadilly as indicated by stamps in tiny type at upper and lower edges of verso of front flyleaf. Spine with five raised bands, gilt decorations, and gilt title and author-name on brown and olive-green morocco labels respectively. Boards with gilt ruled borders, gilt ruled edges, and inner gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers; armorial bookplate on front pastedown, together with label 9x27mm of Myers & Co of New Bond Street at lower inner corner. Spine rubbed, a little darker in tone than boards, with losses of depth up to 15mm at head and height up to 15mm at tail. Both front and rear hinges rubbed and openly split from heads to tails; front hinge a little slack, rear slightly so. Board surfaces with one or two faint markings and a few very light scratchmarks, with narrow but quite lengthy light curved graze on front board, and very narrow but lengthy straight broken trail of very light grazes on rear board; effects on appearance minimal. Shelf edges of boards rubbed, upper- & fore-edges lightly so; upper outer corners worn & curled, other corners a little rubbed. Endpapers split along hinges, flyleaves at both front and rear toned along edges where contact with hide. Blank inwards-facing sides of flyleaves and blank preliminary & final leaves spotted, half-title and final leaf of text lightly & sparsely so. Plates foxed and/or toned to variable degrees as usual - plate opposite page 343 most conspicuously so, being quite deeply toned over entire image area - though the majority reasonably clean; corresponding light spotting and/or toning of leaves of text adjacent to plates. Binding still holding, though hinges a little tender, and of pleasing appearance; contents tight, the plates with the usual flaws, the text generally clean and bright. GOOD+ copy.
Seller: J. R. Young, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, 1837.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition rebound in 3/4 leather. Frontispiece illustrations foxed, but rest of textblock is very clean. Covers edgeworn. Front hinge cracked.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Charle Dickens. THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB. Chapman & Hall Ltd, London, 1837.
Price: US$251.21 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Appears little read. 43 illustrations by Seymour and Phiz.Marbled endpapers.Pages are clean, tanned and tight with little wear.Front and rearhinges are cracking slightly.
Seller: September Books, CHURCH STRETTON, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. Chapman & Hall, 1837.
Price: US$251.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Type: Book pp xlv, 609. Half bound in green calf, the spine faded to light brown. 5 raised bands to spine, gilt on red title label and gilt spine decorations. Matching marbled boards and end papers. Armorial book plate to FPD. Foxing to plates, page 71, outer blank margin has been repaired with tape that has turned brown. Otherwise internally fine. 1st printing
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman & Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$257.65 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, early issue: early plates with page numbers, footnote to p.9. Has been rebacked, leather spine split,and reinforced to front gutter. Some foxing/browning to plates, rubbed and bumped, text block clean and solid. Size: 8vo
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo. Pp. xvi, 609 + [43]ff. First single-volume edition of Dickens' first novel. Engraved plates show some discoloration, else internally fine, in half calf and marbled boards. Rubbing to covers and wear to extremities, bookplate. Illustrated by Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz").
Seller: Bryn Mawr Bookstore, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$322.07 + shipping
Description: xiv, [2], 609pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 41 engraved plates by R. Seymour and Phiz (i.e. H. K. Browne). Contemporary dark green half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled boards, black morocco lettering-piece. Later recased. Extremities rubbed and dulled, corners bumped. Bookseller's ticket of T. Evans of Birmingham to FEP, near contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, plates heavily foxed, paper repair to verso of one plate, slight marginal loss to another, scattered spotting. A handsome copy of and early issue of the first edition in book form of Dickens' first novel. Size: 8vo
Seller: Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Price: US$325.94 + shipping
Description: Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Physical description; xiv, 609 pages, 43 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. Subjects; Pickwick Club. Men England Societies and clubs ; Fiction. Manners and customs. Men Societies and clubs. Men Societies and clubs ; Fiction. Male friendship ; Fiction. English fiction 19th century. Cube collections. England Social life and customs 19th century ; Fiction. England ; Fiction. England Social life and customs 19th century. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Charles Dickens. THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 609p w/plates. A hardcover book bound in 19th-century 3/4 black leather with marbled boards and endpapers. The spine has been inconspicuously rebacked with matching leather, retaining the majority of the original gilt-decorated backstrip (though there is a chip out of the middle, filled in with the newer leather). Edges and surfaces of cover lightly rubbed. Early owner's small signature on first blank leaf. The last page of text, once torn, has been delicately repaired. The plates show general discoloration, most heavily at the top and bottom edges; some are later issues with "Chapman & Hall" printed on them. Otherwise, the text is unmarked and the binding tight. A sturdy, handsome copy of Dickens' first novel in very good condition. This is a later issue of the first edition, without the suppressed Robert Seymour plates (however, the title page credits the illustrations to "R. Seymour and Phiz"). Some plates state they are printed by Chapman and Hall while others have no printer identified.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$354.27 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The first edition, early issue, of Charles Dickens' first novel, being one of his most acclaimed novels, illustrated with humorous plates by Phiz and Robert Seymour. The first edition of this work in book form, as opposed to bound from the parts. Early mixed issue; Weller on the engraved vignette to the title page (it was 'Veller' in the first issue); 'E' to the foot of pages 25 and 27; 'Chapter XXVIII' to both pages 282 and 299; 'inbe-licate' to page 341 lines 1 and 2; 'S. Veller' to page 342 line 5; 'Picwkick' to the running title of page 375; page 261 correctly signed 'X2'; second '3' in the pagination is present to page 303; five lines of footnotes to page 9;plates have captions instead of page numbers. Issue points as stated by John C. Eckel in his 1913 publication 'The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens'.Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title, and forty-one plates. All plates are present, besides the two very scarce Buss plates, as called for in this issue.Half-title is present.'The Pickwick Papers' is Dickens' first novel, and was originally written in serial form.The novel is a sequence of loosely connected adventures and characters, occurring between 1827 and 1828. The character Sam Weller became well known for his popular humour.Charles Dickens is one of the most popular authors of the Victorian age. His novels show the grimy side of poverty and prosperity in Victorian England, showing poor social conditions alongside repulsive characters.Illustrated by Phiz and R. Seymour. In a rebacked half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, the joints and hinges are weak. Rubbing to the boards. Spine and front joint are a little faded. A little lighter rubbing to the spine. Some light marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the extremities. A small amount of loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with some spots to the plates. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$364.00 + shipping
Description: Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Physical description; xiv, 609 pages, 43 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. Subjects; Pickwick Club. Men England Societies and clubs ; Fiction. Manners and customs. Men Societies and clubs. Men Societies and clubs ; Fiction. Male friendship ; Fiction. English fiction 19th century. Cube collections. England Social life and customs 19th century ; Fiction. England ; Fiction. England Social life and customs 19th century. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB. Chapman and Hall: London, 1837.
Price: US$402.50 + shipping
Description: Illus. by Seymour, Phiz and Buss, 8.75 x 5.25", full leather, 609pp, covers rubbed with some skinning to covers and spine, extremities worn, corners bumped and chipped, top of spine with a couple of tears, spine a bit rough, hinges loose, front inner hinge cracked, tasteful ink name of former owner on front blank, plates toned at edges with some offset from opposite pp, some scattered spotting but still a decent, usable copy of the FIRST EDITION, WITH THE BUSS PLATES (pp69 and 74) AND FIRST EDITION POINTS (including "Weller" on engraved title, errata page, etc.).
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, second issue text as per Smith, illustrations generally first issue. Marginal note on p. 9 noted by Eckels present. xv, 609 pp. with all called-for illustrated plates present; does not contain suppressed Buss plates. Phiz's plates for N.E.M.O.'s. Late 19th Century leather lettered in gilt. Leather worn at head and tail, rubbed along joints. Internally Very Good, mostly free of spotting and foxing. Dickens' first novel.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. By Charles Dickens. With Forty-Three Illustrations, By R. Seymour and PHIZ. London: Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. 1837. ***First Edition Early Issue. Restored binding, i.e., reinforced hinges. Half-leather marbled binding, All 43 plates present and intact, 609 pp, 8.5 x 5.5", 8vo. ***There are 7 fundamental "first issue points", the more a copy has, the earlier the work is. Having all 7 points is incredibly rare and very few examples are known to exist. Four of Seven points are present in this issue: 1. Page 341 line 1: correct reading of "inde-licate" & line 5 correct reading of "inscription"; 2. Page 342 line 5 reads "S. Veller"; 3. Page 400 line 21 reads "this friends" instead of "his friends"; 4. Page 432 headline - "F" in "OF" imperfect. In fair condition. Boards are scuffed at edges and worn at leather corners. Head and tail of re-backed spine rubbed, but intact. Original leather spine is worn and chipped around edges, but gilt ruling overall presents well. Gilt on title and author labels rubbed, but sill mostly legible. The "ens" in "Dickens" is lacking on spines author label. Marbled boards are generally worn and scuffed. Blind stamped ruling along leather hinges and corners present well. Previous ownership bookplate found on front paste-down: John Hulsey, Esq. Marnhull, Dorset. Both front and rear gutters are reinforced with binder's tape. Tipped-in on front fly-leaf is a first edition authentication note from "Dickens Old Curiosity Shop" of Portsmouth Street, Kingsway, London, England. It is signed by director L. Lewis. Preliminary page xv to page 7 of text-block are attached by one piece of cording only, fragile. General toning throughout text-block, with some instances of off-setting to leaves adjacent from plates. Restored binding intact. Please see photos. A first Edition Early Issue of Charles Dickens's first novel The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club! Four of Seven first issue points (as seen in photos 13-16). Gift quality! RAREB1837EMNX 03/24 - HK1329
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.89 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ~Original half red morocco, marbled paper to boards. Raised bands, gilt decor, and gilt lettering to spine. Spine slightly faded. Mild wear to boards, board edges, and spine. Splitting just starting over rear outer hinge at top spine (1cm). All edges marbled, top edges darkened. 8vo (14 x 22cm). Marbled endpapers. Tiny bookseller's label to inside front board. Endpapers splitting at gutter over inner hinges, but hinges sound. Mild foxing, largely confined to early and late pages. 43 engraved plates, inc. frontis and engraved title page. Without half title, but with 'Directions to Binder' and 4-line errata leaf following p. xiv. Early issue points: 4 stripes to chair in frontis (the engraved title page reads 'Weller' - second plate - rather than 'Veller'); footnote to p. 9; 'E' signature mark to pp. 25 & 27; p.278, l. 40 - 'Samuel' instead of 'Weller'; p.341: 'inbe- / licate'; p. 342, l. 5: 'Veller'. Eckel 1972, 17-58. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders trackable, others on request. Size: xvi, 609pp
Seller: St Philip's Books, P.B.F.A., B.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Price: US$450.89 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION. ILLUSTRATED BY R.SEYMOUR & PHIZ. HARDBACK BOUND IN A 19TH CENTURY HALF LEATHER BINDING, MARBLED BOARDS & ENDPAPERS, DOUBLE FRONTIS PLATES, NUMEROUS FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 14 + 2 + 609 PAGES. SOME RUBBING & SCUFFS TO LEATHER SPINE & LABEL ON SPINE, SOME RUBBING & SLIGHT LOSS AT TOP OF SPINE, CORNERS BUMPED, THE USUAL FOXING OR OFFSETTING MOSTLY TO PLATES. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Half calf and marbled paper, gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on spine, all edges marbled. With 43 uncaptioned engravings by R. Seymour and Phiz. Other points: footnote on p. 9, "S. Veller" on line 5 of p. 342, Pickwick misspelled ("Picwkick") on p. 375, "this friends" on line 21 of p. 400, and flawed "f" in "of" in the p. 432 headline. Rebacked, with original backstrip laid-down; scuffing along joints and edges of boards; about half of the plates are foxed and/or browned in varying degrees of severity -- though all are perfectly legible
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 607 p. 22 cm. Includes Sam Weller title, as well as frontispiece and 41 other plates by R. Seymour and Phiz. Half green leather with marbled boards, text block edges, endpapers. Some wear to leather and scuffs to boards. Wrapped in protective mylar (removed for photo). Inscriptions, signatures and clipping on front endpapers. Lacks half title. Foxing and darkening to plates and title. Charles Dickens's first novel. Because of his success with Sketches by Boz, published in 1836, Dickens was asked by publisher Chapman & Hall to supply descriptions to explain a series of comic "cockney sporting plates" by illustrator Robert Seymour and connect them into a novel. The book became a publishing phenomenon, with bootleg copies, theatrical performances, even Sam Weller joke books.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
CHARLES DICKENS. THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB,. CHAPMAN AND HALL, LONDON, 1837.
Price: US$530.35 + shipping
Description: Prima edizione definitiva del 1837 del primo romanzo di Charles Dickens (1812-1870) "The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club" o "The Pickwick Club" apparso in Italia con il titolo "Il circolo Pickwick". Come la gran parte dei romanzi di Dickens la prima edizione apparve tra il 1836-37 a dispense per essere poi pubblicata in volume nel 1837. Frontespizio figurato e 43 incisioni fuori testo di Robert Seymour e Phiz. Firma al contropiatto anteriore. L'opera è in un volume ed è completa. In discrete condizioni. Copertina in mezza pelle coeva con titolo in oro al dorso in mediocri condizioni generali con usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in mediocri condizioni con qualche rottura e corpo del libro in parte staccato dalla copertina. Pagine in buone condizioni con fioriture. Lieve gora d'umidità al margine di piegatura superiore delle planches. In 8. Dim. 21,5x14 cm. Pp. XIV+(2)+609+1.First definitive edition of 1837 of the first novel written by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) "The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club" or "The Pickwick Club" which appeared in Italy under the title of "Il circolo Pickwick". As the greatest par of Dickens novels the first edition appeared in 1836-37 in instalments and it was then published in volume in 1837. Figurated title page and 43 out of text plates by Robert Seymour and Phiz. Signature in the internal counterplate. The work is in one volume and it is complete. In fair conditions. Half leather coeval cover with golden title in the spine in poor general conditions damaged in the extremities. Binding in poor conditions with some cracks and body of the book aprtially detached from the cover. Pages are in good conditions with foxings. Light dump stain in the upper folding edge of plates. In 8. Dim. 21,5x14 cm. Pp. XIV+(2)+609+.
Seller: Sephora di Elena Serru, Foligno, Italy
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman & Hall, 1837.
Price: US$579.72 + shipping
Description: With 43 illustrations, by R Seymour and Phiz. 208 x 132mm, dark brown half calf, marbled boards, professionally rebacked, retaining original panelled spine, leather lettering-piece, gilt, pp.xvi, 610, frontispiece, pictorial title, 41 engraved plates. Bookplate on front pastedown. Plates have various degrees of foxing, which has been ameliorated by a professional conservator. Small areas of marginal loss to a few leaves have been neatly restored. Annotations on rear free endopaper. Covers a little scuffed. Some first issue points: 'Tony Veller' on signboard of pictorial title; pp.[xv-xvi] 'Directions to the Binder', with 6ll Errata on verso; footnote on p.9; pp.25 & 27 - 'E' signatures in different faces; p. 260 'holding', l.27; p.267 - slipped '7' ; p.278 - 'Samuel' instead of 'Weller', l.40; p.341 - 'inbe- / licate' [uncorrected]; p.342 - 'S Veller', l.5; p.400 - 'this friends' [uncorrected]; p.432 - imperfect 'F' in headline.
Seller: Cameron House Books, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
DICKENS Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London,, 1837.
Price: US$585.59 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition in book form. illustrated with humorous plates by Phiz and Robert Seymour. half burgundy leather binding over marbled boards in very good condition; excellent pastedown with two French bookplates; first edition with Weller on the engraved vignette to the title page (it was 'Veller' in the first issue); 'E' to the foot of pages 25 and 27; 'Chapter XXVIII' to both pages 282 and 299; 'inbe-licate' to page 341 lines 1 and 2; 'S. Veller' to page 342 line 5; 'Picwkick' to the running title of page 375; page 261 correctly signed 'X2'; second '3' in the pagination is present to page 303; five lines of footnotes to page 9; plates have captions instead of page numbers .Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title, and 39 plates.Half-title present. Inside text pages in very good condition; part of the plates with stains, sometimes especially on the margins; a few pages, as the title page, lack a little piece at the inferior corner; as a whole a beautiful copy of the first edition, lacks apparently 2 plates, possibly the Boss plates.
Seller: Magnus, Paris, France
Dickens, Charles. Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman & Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Very good. 3/4 black leather with blue boards. Raised bands on spine, marbled end papers, forty-three illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz, top edges gilt.Very minor edge and corner wear, some rubbing to black leather on spine, some darkening to the edges of most of the illustrations, common to this edition. Lettering on spine is gilt, nice and bright. The edges of about 4 pages have been taped to prevent small tears. Some white spotting to the purple rear panel, minor foxing throughout, else This is a nice copy, the binding is strong, The text is clean and pages are not torn or dirty. We provide fast and reliable shipping service. We started to sell on the internet in 1998. We ship from California. All our books are guaranteed.
Seller: Valley Books, Cupertino, CA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo., bound in three-quarter polished calf by Sangorski & Sutcuffe and lettered "extra illustrated" on the spine, with intricate gilt tooling; top edge gilt. First edition, mixed state, with several first-state issue points, including footnote on page 9 and printer's errors, "inbe-licate" and "inscriptino", on page 341. The volume contains 43 steel-engraved illustrations by R. Seymour and "Phiz, enhanced by an extra suite of 12 illustrations by C.E. Brock and published by Arthur W. Waters. A gorgeous copy of a classic Dickens work.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A mid 19th century first edition, early issue of Charles Dicken first and immensely popular novel, the Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. Many of the first issue points are present, including the two suppressed Buss plates, facing pages 69 and 74. It also bears 5 of the 7 Smith priority first issue points. The noted are as such: Five lines of footnotes to page 9; signature E present to end of pages 25 and 27; without parenthesis in lines 14 and 15 from the bottom of page 34; the e in reglary on line 34 of page 225 is imperfect; without the quotation mark before Sir in the ninth line of page 244; line 29 of page 260 reading 'hodling' for 'holding'; the second '3' in the page number present to page 303; S.Veller to line 5 of page 342; wi shl was to line 5 of page 342; 'Picwkick' to the running title of page 375; 'this friends' rather than 'his friends' on page 400, line 21; an imperfect 'F' in the word 'OF' in the headline on page 432. Hatton and Cleaver mention forty-eight first issue text points. There are 43 full page engraved plates of varying states by Phiz, Seymour, and Buss. Many of the plates appear to be first states of the Phiz plates, and others bear the later Chapman and Hall imprint. There are several of the rarer Buss plates as well. One finely bound volume in octavo, XIV+609 pages This volume is in very good shape, with minor rubbing and wear to the binding, namely to the spine, with the title label chipped and peeling. The upper right corners of 287 and 289 are lacking, not affecting text or illustrations. There is a stain to the outer margin of page 604, slightly affecting the margins of the adjacent pages. There is some foxing and staining throughout, heavier to the plates.
Seller: That Guy With The Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
DICKENS Charles. The posthumous papers of the Pickwick club. Chapman and Hall, 1837.
Price: US$635.31 + shipping
Description: - Chapman and Hall, London 1837, Fort in-8 (13,5x21,3cm), xiv (2) 44Pl. 609pp., relié. - Edition originale illustrée de 43 planches dont un frontispice et un titre-frontispice (toutes les planches sont reliées à la suite, après les pages préliminaires, faux-titre, page de titre, préface et table des matières. MCCCXXXVII en page de titre. Les planches ne portent aucune légende ; les 27 premières ont une pagination en bas de page, les suivantes ne portent aucune indication et semblent avant la lettre (avec une indication de pagination au crayon gris). Notre volume possède plusieurs caractéristiques attestant du tout premier tirage : Ligne 29 p. 260 : "holding" ; p. 341 ligne 1 : "inbe-licate" ; p. 342 ligne 5 : "S. Veller" ; p. 432 le F de Posthumous papers of est mal imprimé. Le titre gravé est en second état avec le nom de Tony Weller au-dessus du porche, le premier état ayant simplement Veller. Reliure en pleine basane d'époque noire. Dos lisse orné de 3 fers à froid, d'un fer doré et de multiples roulettes. Double filet d'encadrement sur els plats. Un accroc en tête. Ensemble très frotté avec rayures sur les plats. 2 coins rognés, les 2 autres émoussés. Le feuillet d'errata, le frontispice et le titre gravé portent des adhésifs de restauration anciens en marge interne, le feuillet d'errata en a également deux plus petits latéralement. Toutes les planches gravées ont des brunissures tout autour des gravures, le frontispice et le titre gravé en étant constellés. La marge externe du frontispice a été arrachée. Toutes les pages imprimées sont très propres à l'inverse des gravures, le papier étant très différent. The posthumous papers, comme pour toutes les oeuvres de Dickens parurent d'abord en livraison d'avril 1836 à novembre 1837, puis en volume. Ecrit par un Dickens de 24 ans, l'oeuvre propulsa l'écrivain dans une gloire dont il ne redescendit jamais. La réception de l'oeuvre fut immense et très populaire, on prétendait à l'époque que seule la Bible et les oeuvres de Shakespeare dépassait en circulation The posthumous papers. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND] xiv (2) 44Pl. 609pp.
Seller: Librairie Le Feu Follet, Paris, France
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo. XIV, [2], 609, [1]pp. 3/4 leather over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering on spine. Engraved frontispiece and title-page. First edition, second issue of this fascinating work, profusely illustrated with forty-three Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz. The plates are in early states, with page locations and without titles or imprints, but the earliest Buss and Seymour plates have been replaced by those of Phiz. The engraved title is showing the later correction "Weller". Other issue points: p.43, 2nd paragraph below chapter V, line 1 reads "ruined wall" in the singular; with the signature misprint on p.261, reading X2; with signature "E" present on p.25; the d of "holding" is raised above line on p.260; p.342, line 5, "S. Veller" instead of Weller; p.400, line 21 "his friends". Some rubbing along edges of binding. Contemporary previous owner's signature on fly leaf. Plates foxed. Lower corner of very first pages damp-stained. Binding in overall good+, interior in good to very good condition.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: 669 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. Additional engraved title. Charles Dickens's first novel was published by Chapman & Hall in monthly installments from March of 1836 until November 1837. The publisher had just started a series of amusing stories dealing with "Cockney sporting scenes". The series was built around the illustrations of Robert Seymour. Publication began on March 30th. Less than a month later, on April 20th, Robert Seymour committed suicide. Text with most of the issue points listed in Smith, and with most plates issued in Smith's first state. Marginal toning to borders of some plates. GIMBEL A16. GROLIER ENGLISH 78. SMITH I:3. Raised bands, spine lettering in gilt. Later three quarter black morocco, marbled boards and matching marbled endpapers. Near fine. Aeg
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$662.93 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: OLdr., Rückenblindprägung, Rückenvergoldung, rotes Rückenschild, marmoriertes Vorsatzpapier, marmorierter Schnitt, 8°, XIV, 609 S., mit einem Frontispiz, einem gest. Titelblatt und 41 Tafeln, Tafeln stockfleckig, Einband leicht berieben, EA
Seller: Antiquariat Seibold, Schorndorf, WN, Germany
Price: US$680.20 + shipping
Description: Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Half bound dark green calf leather to spine and corners and marbled paper covered boards. Spine with twin leather spine labels lettered in gilt and full gilt decoration. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good condition. In lovely leather fine binding. Some slight minor rubbing to corners and spine ends. Else lovely smart cover. Some moderate dark foxing spots to blank prelims. No penned inscriptions. Some mild to moderate darkening to plates, many remain quite bright and clean, with some minor tanning around edges Frontis and decorative title more heavily darkened and foxed. A couple of minor spots and some minor offsetting to pages. Else pages very clean and tight. Binding tight and sound. Else a lovely 1st edition. 609pp. Illustrated with Forty-Three B&W Engraved plates (41 + Title & Frontis) by Phiz, R. Seymour (and JW Buss). This copy contains the following first issue points given by Hatton & Cleaver: signature 'E' (p.25), 'hodling' (p.260), '7' misaligned (p.267), 'indelicate' and 'inscription' (p.341), 'S. Veller' (p.342), headline 'F' imperfect (p.432).
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles.. THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB.. London: Chapman and Hall;, 1837.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo [5 ½ X 8 5/8 inches], brown leather spine and tips [very early binding] with brown cloth over boards, gilt title and decorations on spine, marbled end papers, 43 illustration by Seymour and Phiz, 609 pages. Buss plate facing pages 74; "Welley" on the vignette title; note at the bottom of page 9; "Mrs. Veller" has been corrected in line 5 of page 342, and the "E" is on page 25. The title page and Vignette title are by Phiz. Paper fragile, browned and foxed. First edition, mixed first [page 342] and second [page 400] state. Good.
Seller: Tintagel, Springfield Center, New York, NY, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles.. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, 1837.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1837 Charles Dickens 1st/1st Pickwick Club Papers First Novel Social Satire RARE Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage. Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club was Charles Dickens very first novel. While it was popular in its own time, it was eventually overshadowed in popularity by Dickens other works including A Christmas Carol A Tale of Two Cities , and Oliver Twist . This fine first edition of Pickwick Club features many of the expected first issue points! See below for a full list found in this example. Item number: #30789 Price: $750 DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition, first printing Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o xiv, [2], 609, [1] o 41 illustrations by Phiz and Seymour Edition points: o signature 'E' to the foot of p.25 o p.43 includes ruined wall ; first line, 2nd paragraph, chap V o p.260, line 29 includes holding in loose type o p.261 signature misprint x2 o p.261, line 6 Picvick instead of Pickwick o p.282 & p.299 Chapter XXVIII o p.303 corrected pagination o p.342., line 5 includes S. Veller o p.400, line 21 this friends not corrected from his friends o p.432, headline f in of imperfect o p.553, line 9 from bottom Considering instead of considdering . References: Eckel 17; Language: English Binding: Leather; tight and secure Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (21.5cm x 13.5cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 30789 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club First Edition. Generic, 1837.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Chapman and Hall; London, 1994. Hardcover. First Edition, mixed state. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club was Charles Dickens's first novel. Good, binding intact, ¾ leather binding, 5 raised bands, 6 compartments, gilt title and author on 2nd and 3rd compartment from top, publication year in gilt bottom spine, gilt ornate design on 4 other spine compartments, decorative endpapers/pastedowns, moderate discoloration and rubbing to leather, heavily discolored top front board corner, rubbing along board and spine edges, abrasions to board corners, pulpy text block edges, rear joint rubbed and a bit brittle, sunning to text block edges and pages, moisture stain top corner prelims, age toning throughout, dusty top text block edge. Overall in a good, clean and unmarked antiquarian condition. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 609pp., 43 illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.
Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club. London, Chapman and Hall 1837, 1837.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st Edition in book form, later issue without errata. VG+ to Near Fine in red morrocan leather with gilt edges, marbled paper boards & spine stamped & lettered in gilt. Dickens' first novel, with no half-title page & two title pages, the first illustrated by Phiz. Illustrated with 43 engraved plates by R. Seymour & Phiz. Handsome copy of a milestone in Literature. Fiction, Novel, Charles Dickens, Illustrated
Seller: Nightingale Books, stoughton, MA, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens,. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$760.08 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' immensely popular first novel. With many first issue points present, and illustrated throughout. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first novel, initially published serially over the course of twenty months. Here in a half morocco signed binding from Carss & Co, Glasgow.Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page and forty-one plates from Phiz - who is known for illustrating many of Dickens' works - and Robert Seymour, who died whilst illustrating the work. Collated, complete.A mixed early issue of the first edition in book form, as is common with this work. With a number of first issue points: 'Veller' to the sign on the engraved title page; five lines of footnotes to page 9; with mark between 'r' and 'u' in 'rum' in the last line of page 10; with the signature 'E' present to the tail of pages 25 and 27; without the parenthesis in lines 14 and 15 from the bottom of page 34; with the quotation mark indistinct before 'Sir' in the ninth line of page 244; page 261 correctly signed 'X2'; with the second '3' in the page number present to page 303; line 1 of page 341 reading 'inbe-licate' rather than 'inde-licate'; line 5 of page 341 reading 'inscriptino' rather than 'inscription'; 'Picwkick' to the running title of page 375. Majority of plates in first state, with page numbers rather than titles, and without the publisher's imprint. Second issue points present include: the last 'e' of page 17 unbroken; ; line 29 of page 260 reading 'holding'; "S. Veller" at p. 342; 'his friends' on page 400, line 21, and a complete 'F' in the word 'OF' in the headline on page 432.Without the two suppressed Buss plates, featuring instead the Phiz replacement plates. Retaining original half title. The first edition in book form of this publishing phenomenon from Charles Dickens, his first novel credited with defining a new genre. It popularised both the serial format, and stylistic feature of the cliff hanger. In a signed half morocco binding, with cloth covered boards. Rubbing to joints and board perimeters, with light marks to boards. Front hinge starting, with board holding firm. Binder's label to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Significant spotting to frontispiece and engraved title page, with further spotting to plates and pages surrounding them. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the pickwick club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$805.16 + shipping
Description: xiv, [2], 609pp, [1]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 41 engraved plates by R. Seymour and Phiz (i.e. H. K. Browne). Contemporary green calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, slight loss to lower corner of leaf Ee5, short marginal tear to terminal leaf, damp-staining to foot of text-block, plates foxed. A handsome copy of and early issue of the first edition in book form of Dickens' first novel. Size: 8vo
Seller: Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Price: US$825.00 + shipping
Description: 669 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. Charles Dickens's first novel was published by Chapman & Hall in monthly installments from March of 1836 until November 1837. The publisher had just started a series of amusing stories dealing with "Cockney sporting scenes". The series was built around the illustrations of Robert Seymour. Publication began on March 30th. Less than a month later, on April 20th, Robert Seymour committed suicide. Minor browning to a few leaves, some spotting, spine rebacked and rubbing to board covers. Bookplate of Thomas C. Ogden. GIMBEL A16. GROLIER ENGLISH 78. SMITH I:3. Contemporary half green morocco, raised bands, spine panels decorated in gilt and marbled boards. Very good
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: With 43 illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz. 609pp., very thick 8vo, rebound in full tan morocco, red leather label, gilt-decorated and lettered spine with raised bands, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. Later issue of the first edition, with many but not all of the required points. Pages are uniformly age-toned, but without foxing. A fine copy in a handsome binding.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.25 + shipping
Description: Two Volumes. Hardabck, approx 8.5 x 5.5 inches. In polished blue morocco leather fine bindings, with decorative gilt paneled boards, full gilt decorations to spines and shaped maroon leather spine labels. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good condition. With some rubbing to boards on corners and edges. Some fading and handling marks to boards. Bookplate to endpapers ?W.H. Williamson.? Some minor light foxing to blank prelims. Small minor dark area offset onto tile from frontis plate in v.1. Plates with some slight tanning, and thinly darkened around edges. One or two plates have an occasional minor foxing/dark spot. Else pages all very clean and tight throughout. Bindings tight and sound. For issue points see below. 2 vols: ix + 306pp & 307-609pp. Illustrated with Forty-Three B&W engraved full-page plates, PLUS decorative title page (Bound in vol.2.) by Phiz, R. Seymour. This copy contains the following first issue points given by Hatton & Cleaver: signature 'E' (p.25), 'hodling' (p.260), '7' misaligned (p.267), 'indelicate' and 'inscription' (p.341), 'S. Veller' (p.342), headline 'F' imperfect (p.432). The sign in engraved title-vignette is reading 'TONY Weller'.
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, 1837.
Price: US$895.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First book edition with the first state of issue (including two different 'E' signatures at foot of pages 25 and 27; errata note on page [xvi] with 6 lines of corrections; etc). plus the engraved title page with 'Veller' (later altered to 'Weller'), plates without captions, and includes the 2 suppressed plates by Buss. A good copy in full 19th-century brown polished calf, spine with raised bands, red morocco label, and elaborate gilt floral tooling within gilt-ruled compartments, covers bordered with a single gilt fillet, marbled edges (some rubbing to spine and covers, outer hinges starting; plates are heavily browned at margins; some foxing to text). First book edition of this English literary classic. Seymour, Robert (illustrator); Browne, Hablot Knight (illustrator); Buss, R.H. (illustrator); 43 Engraved Plates. xiv, [2], 609 pages + plates. Podeschi A16. PROVENANCE: Ink inscription of noted American poet William Matchett on first blank.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club, The. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition in book form, mixed issue. Includes the 2 rare plates by Buss and plates by Seymour & Phiz. A few of the points that are present in this volume: (1) p. 25--E present; (2) p. 43, 2nd paragraph "Rained well"; (3) p. 9 footnote; (4) p. 342 line 5--"S. Veller"; (5) p. 261 "x2" bottom of page; (6) p. 375--"Picwkick" in header; (7) p. 400, line 21 "this friends." 609pp; text unamarked, previous owner name on free front endpage dated 1898 with notations about the plates, scattered light foxing; 8.25" tall; 5 raised bands on spinelwear to edges of marbled paper over boards & darkened green leather backstrip & corners with chips top of spine; Please ask if you have questions about this item or to request photos.
Seller: THE OLD LIBRARY SHOP, Bethlehem, PA, U.S.A.
DICKENS, CHARLES. THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Description: Marbled boards, matching endpapers. Rebacked, inner hinges re-inforced. Top edge gilt, spine lettered in gilt. Some old crackling of spine leather. Armorial book-plates front endpapers (discussed later in description). Half-title, directions to binder, and 6-line errata page are present. This copy has 24 of 26 flaws as listed by Smith, and 4 of 6 first issue points as listed by Hatton and Cleaver. This copy is also EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with a thirty-two page collection of the "Thomas Onwhyn Plates" bound-in at the end. These were separately printed by E. Gratton and added to some copies, either placed through the text or as a collection at the end, such as our copy. This copy has the two Buss plates present as well. In all, there are 43 full-page plates, collated complete, by Robert Seymour, Robert Buss, and Hablot Knight Brown (Phiz and Nemo). Some of the plates show peripheral browning, others are much less so. The sign on the illustrated title-page reads "Tony Weller", the foot stool has 6 stripes and the chair 4 stripes. Text is clean throughout with occasional spots of peripheral foxing only. 609pp. + the 32pp. of Onwhyn plates. The book-plates are of Rodman Wanamaker (1863-1928) and his son John. Wanamaker was a New York businessman, heir to the Wanamaker department store empire. He was a patron of the arts, an early proponent of the PGA (Professional Golf Association). a strong supporter of American Indian education and aviation. Eckels p.17, Gimbel A16, Smith 1:3, and Hatton and Cleaver pp1-88. Size: Crown Octavo
Seller: Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman & Hall, 1837.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Illustrated by R. Seymour and Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"). First edition, first printing with "hodling" for "holding" on pg. 260 line 29, "S. Veller" uncorrected on pg. 342 line 5, and "F" in OF" imperfect on the headline of 432. Contemporary three-quarter brown calf with marbled boards, five raised bands to spine, titles and decorations in gilt to spine, green and red leather labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Very good with light edgewear, mild rubbing to boards, edges and spine lightly faded, tiny bump to fore edge of rear board, bit of fading to marbled edges, some spotting to pages, previous owners bookplate and tiny booksellers stamp to front pastedown. Overall, a pleasing copy. Smith 1, 3. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club was originally published serially in twenty numbers, bound in nineteen monthly installments from April 1836 - November 1837. This first edition was published shortly after on November 17, 1837. The project was originally conceived by illustrator Robert Seymour, who envisioned a series of humorous stories about the adventures of amateur Cockney sportsmen. Chapman and Hall employed Dickens to create a cohesive narrative that provided a background story for the illustrations. However, the bold young writer purportedly wrote with little regard to the illustrations, even making suggestions for their alterations at times, much to Seymour's displeasure. After the second installment was completed, Seymour committed suicide and was replaced in the Pickwick project by Robert Buss. However, Dickens found Buss' work unfavorable, and Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"), who would continue to illustrate many of Dickens' subsequent novels, took over as the Pickwick illustrator. Smith comments on the complicated history of Pickwick's illustration: "The history of the creation of the plates is perhaps as complex as that of the printing of the text, and different states of a plate and different plates for the same subject may vary from one bound copy to another seldom, in fact, are all of the plates located in copies in the original cloth or rebound ones," which he partially attributes to the lack of a list of illustrations.
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 609p + Address. Octavo, illustrated with frontispiece, title page and 41 illustrations, First edition in book form bound in full brown morocco bordered in gilt, spine with raised bands and titled in gilt. Marbled edges. Mixed issue as is typical with many first issue points including 5 line footnote page 9, dot between 'r' and'u' in 'rum' in the last line of page 10, with the signature 'E' present on page 25 and 27, without the parenthesis in lines 14 and 15 from the bottom on page 34, with the quotation mark indistinct before "Sir" in the ninth line of page 244; page 261 correctly signed 'x2'; with the second '3' in the page number present to page 303;'Pickwick' to the running title of page 375;'this friends' on page 400, line 21; and with incomplete 'F' in headline of page 32;Majority of plates with page number and not titled. The plates are VERY foxed. Bookplate and collector's plate in rear rear cover upside down.
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens. First edition, second issue but with several first issue points present. With the following issue points: 1. Weller rather Veller on the sign but with first issue point with Phiz peut on the second frontispiece. 2. Suppressed Buss Plates on pages 69 & 74 not present. 3. 43 plates including the 2 frontispieces. 4. Page 260 Line 29 corrected to holding rather hodling. 5. Page 267 Page number with 7 lever with other rather than slightly above the others. 6. .Page 341 spelled words rather than correct spelling of: inde-licate and inscription. 7. Page 342 has first issue point with Line 5 Uncorrected S.Veller. 8. Page 400 Line 21 with his friends should be This friends as a first issue point. 9. Page 432. F in headline corrected should be F in headline is imperfect. 10. First issue point present: Errata page facing first page of Chapter 1. Bound in decorated ¾ leather with raised bands. Publisher: Chapman and Hall, London, 1837. Binding in fine condition. Contents clean but paper darkened with age. 609 pages. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #C-126. Price: $1000. Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: - Octavo, 8-1/4 inches high by 5 inches wide. Handsomely bound by Root and Son in full gilt decorated calf, with triple gilt borders and gilt tooled floral corner pieces. The spine is elaborately decorated in gilt with a floral pattern and is titled in gilt on leather labels between 5 raised bands. The binding is further enhanced with inner gilt dentelles and watered silk endleaves. All edges are gilt. The leather is slightly scuffed along the joints with minor rubbing along the edges and the loss of one number in the date on the spine label from rubbing. xiv, [2], & 609 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece, a pictorial title and 43 plates by R. Seymour, Phiz and Buss. The top front corners of the frontispiece and pictorial title page have been professionally repaired. There is some minor foxing to the endpapers and front & rear blanks. There is a small tear along the bottom inner edge of the frontispiece and a tiny insignificant chip to the bottom corner of one plate. A very attractive copy with unusually bright & clean plates. First edition. With many, but not all, of the first issue points including the following: the two Buss plates are present; "Veller" for "Weller" on the title page; "Phiz fecit" surrounds the bottom tablet on the frontispiece; five lines of footnotes on page 9; a mark between "r" and "u" in "rum" on page 10; the final "e" on page 17 is broken; "S. Veller" is uncorrected 0n page 342, line 5; "this friends" for "his friends" on page 400, line 21. Most of the plates are in the first state with page numbers but lacking titles or the publisher's imprint.
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1049.65 + shipping
Description: First Edition of Charles Dicken's First Book. Octavo. Double-Frontispiece, XIV, [1], 609 pages plus 38 illustrations (instead of 43). Hardcover / Beautiful contemporary half leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. with dustjacket. Lesion to outer margin of pages 569/570. Two plates with very minor tears. Faded dampstain to very few pages. The Frontispiece the cleanest example we have ever seen, the interior illustrations as usual with some browning but some of them very clean indeed. Overall an unusually clean and beautiful example of the First Edition with some minor signs of wear only. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers) was Charles Dickens' first novel. Because of his success with Sketches by Boz published in 1836 Dickens was asked by the publisher Chapman & Hall to supply descriptions to explain a series of comic "cockney sporting plates" by illustrator Robert Seymour, and to connect them into a novel. The book became Britain's first real publishing phenomenon, with bootleg copies, theatrical performances, Sam Weller joke books, and other merchandise. On its cultural impact, Nicholas Dames in The Atlantic writes, "Literature" is not a big enough category for Pickwick. It defined its own, a new one that we have learned to call "entertainment." Published in 19 issues over 20 months, the success of The Pickwick Papers popularised serialised fiction and cliffhanger endings. Seymour's widow claimed that the idea for the novel was originally her husband's, but Dickens strenuously denied any specific input in his preface to the 1867 edition: "Mr Seymour never originated or suggested an incident, a phrase, or a word, to be found in the book." Dickens was working as a Parliamentary reporter and a roving journalist at age 24, and he had published a collection of sketches on London life as Sketches by Boz. Publisher Chapman & Hall was projecting a series of "cockney sporting plates" by illustrator Robert Seymour. There was to be a club, the members of which were to be sent on hunting and fishing expeditions into the country. Their guns were to go off by accident, and fishhooks were to get caught in their hats and trousers, and these and other misadventures were to be depicted in Seymour's comic plates. They asked Dickens to supply the description necessary to explain the plates and to connect them into a sort of picture novel that was fashionable at the time. He protested that he knew nothing of sport, but still accepted the commission. Only in a few instances did Dickens adjust his narrative to plates that had been prepared for him. Typically, he led the way with an instalment of his story, and the artist was compelled to illustrate what Dickens had already written. The story thus became the prime source of interest and the illustrations merely of secondary importance. Seymour provided the illustrations for the first two instalments before his suicide. Robert William Buss illustrated the third instalment, but Dickens did not like his work, so the remaining instalments were illustrated by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne), who illustrated most of Dickens's subsequent novels. The instalments were first published in book form in 1837. The Pickwick Papers is a sequence of loosely related adventures written for serialization in a periodical. The action is given as occurring 182728, though critics have noted some seeming anachronisms. For example, Dickens satirized the case of George Norton suing Lord Melbourne in 1836. The novel's protagonist Samuel Pickwick, Esquire is a kind and wealthy old gentleman, the founder and perpetual president of the Pickwick Club. He suggests that he and three other "Pickwickians" should make journeys to places remote 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 subject matter of the novel. A romantic misunderstanding with his landlady, the widow Mrs Bardell, results in one of the most famous legal cases in English literature, Bardell v. Pickwick, leading to them both being incarcerated in the Fleet Prison for debt. Pickwick learns that the only way he can relieve the suffering of Mrs Bardell is by paying her costs in the action against himself, thus at the same time releasing himself from the prison. (Wikipedia) Sprache: english.
Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, Ireland
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London Chapman and Hall 1837, 1837.
Price: US$1095.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition with Forty-Three Illustrations by R.Seymour and Phiz. Bound from the parts, half-title discarded, steel engraved frontispiece, additional first state 'Veller' vignette title, 41 plates, including the 2 Buss plates later suppressed, title page lightly soiled, occasional faint browning, unobtrusive water-staining KK3/KK4. Octavo. pp. [iii]-xiv + [ii] + 609. Late nineteenth century half red morocco, extremities slightly rubbed, backstrip (a little faded) with gilt single rule decorated raised bands between blind double rules, gilt lettered direct in second compartment and at foot, marbled sides and endpapers, bookseller's ticket and contemporary bookplate of Robert H. Mackworth-Praed on upper pastedown, upper wrapper to original part X bound in preceding frontispiece, t.e.g. A book in Very Good condition in a Very Good binding. Eckel pp.17-58: Gimbel A15: Smith Vol.I, 3
Seller: OJ-BOOKS ABA / PBFA, SOLIHULL, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman & Hall, 1837.
Price: US$1099.00 + shipping
Description: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, Chapman & Hall, 1837, first edition, a near fine copy with a vg text block rebound in 3/4 leather and marbled boards with raised spine. Illustrated with 43 plates.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz. 609pp., 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards; marbled edges .London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First Edition. Early issue with many of the required points, including the 2 Buss plates (facing pp. 69 & 74) "Tony Veller" & "Phiz fecit." on half-title, signature E on p. 25, etc. Some plates are signed with, and others without page numbers, but none have captions. The engraved title page and many of the plates are foxed or browned.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$1153.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Charles Dickens' first novel, being one of his most acclaimed novels, a nice first edition copy illustrated with humorous plates by Phiz and Robert Seymour. The first edition of this work in book form, as opposed to bound from the parts. Early mixed issue; Weller on the engraved vignette to the title page (it was 'Veller' in the first issue); no mark between 'r' and 'u' in 'rum' in the last line of page 10; 'E' to the foot of pages 25 and 27; 'Chapter XXVIII' to both pages 282 and 299; 'inbe-licate' to page 341 lines 1 and 2; 'S. Veller' to page 342 line 5; 'Picwkick' to the running title of page 375; page 261 correctly signed 'X2'; line 29 of page 260 corrected to 'holding'; second '3' in the pagination is present to page 303; line 5 of page 341 reads 'inscripino'; line 21 to page 400 corrected to 'his friends'; 'F' to running title of page 432 is complete; five lines of footnotes to page 9;plates have captions instead of page numbers. Issue points as stated by John C. Eckel in his 1913 publication 'The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens'.Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title, and forty-one plates. All plates are present, except the two very scarce suppressed Buss plates.Bound without the half-title.'The Pickwick Papers' is Dickens' first novel, and was originally written in serial form.The novel is a sequence of loosely connected adventures and characters, occurring between 1827 and 1828. The character Sam Weller became well known for his popular humour.Charles Dickens is one of the most popular authors of the Victorian age. His novels show the grimy side of poverty and prosperity in Victorian England, showing poor social conditions alongside repulsive characters.Illustrated by Phiz and R. Seymour. In a rebacked half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, boards are rubbed and lightly marked. Minor bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with some scattered spots, spotting heavier to the plates. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$1159.44 + shipping
Description: The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' immensely popular first novel. With the two Buss plates and many first issue points present, and illustrated throughout by Phiz. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first novel, initially published serially over the course of twenty months. A mixed issue copy of this work, as is common, but with a significant number of first issue points.Including the scarce two suppressed Buss plates, facing pages 69 and 74.Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page and forty-one plates, by Buss, Phiz - who is known for illustrating many of Dickens' works - and Robert Seymour, who died whilst illustrating the work. Collated, complete.With the later issue 'Weller' to the sign on the engraved title page, rather than the first issue 'Veller'. Other second issue points include the last 'e' of page 17 unbroken; 'inde-licate' to line 1 of page 341, rather than the first issue 'inbe-licate'; line 5 of page 341 correctly reading 'inscription'; "S. Veller" at p. 342.First issue points include: five lines of footnotes to page 9; mark between 'r' and 'u' in 'rum' in the last line of page 10; with the signature 'E' present to the tail of pages 25 and 27; without the parenthesis in lines 14 and 15 from the bottom of page 34; with the quotation mark indistinct before 'Sir' in the ninth line of page 244; line 29 of page 260 reading 'hodling'; page 261 correctly signed 'X2'; with the second '3' in the page number present to page 303; 'Picwkick' to the running title of page 375; 'this friends' on page 400, line 21, and incomplete 'F' in headline of page 432. Majority of plates in first state, with page numbers rather than titles, and without the publisher's imprint.Lacking the original half title.With an inscription to the recto of a front blank, dated 1855, addressed to Miss Charlotte Battershill.The first edition in book form of this publishing phenomenon from Charles Dickens, his first novel credited with defining a new genre. It popularised both the serial format, and stylistic feature of the cliff hanger. Rebound in half morocco, with cloth covered boards, and endpapers renewed. Binding a touch faded, otherwise externally exceptionally clean and bright. Inscription to verso of a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned, with spotting to perimeters, and with significant spotting and discolouration to plates, as is common. Trimmed a little close to fore edge, but without any loss to text. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$1168.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: pp: [v]vi-xvi[1]2-609. FIRST EDITION. Bound in half burgundy leather over marbled boards. There are five raised bands to the spine with the title, author, and year of publication stamped in gilt on the spine. All edges smooth cut. Additional new endpapers. This is the first edition with all first issue points mentioned in Smith, with 'Veller' title page and the suppressed 'Buss' plates, most of the plates in the first state. The plates have a page number reference instead of captions.
Seller: MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS, UXBRIDGE, ON, Canada
DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Description: With 43 illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz. 609pp., very thick 8vo, rebound in half black morocco over marbled boards, gilt lettered spine with raised bands . London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. Most of the plates are lightly foxed, but the text is clean.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Description: HBNO DJ Issued, Marblelized boards with tooled red LEATHER corners & Spine, NF+/NF-, AS-IS,NODJ, Gold gilt decorations & lettering spine, 1837 on half title & title page, 1st edition, Early printing, with S. Veller on page 342, line 5, page 260 line 29 reads holding, has his friends page 400 line 21, has notation on bottom pg.9, Cover some rub, wear Scuff primarily Extremities edges, Interior nice, tight clean with light FoX, chips to edges of some pages,609 pages, Top edges pages Gold Gilt, SIGNED by EUGENE FIELD
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$1223.85 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first and immensely popular novel, illustrated throughout by Phiz. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first novel, initially published serially over the course of twenty months. The novel was credited with defining a new genre, and with popularising both the serial format, and stylistic feature of the cliff hanger. Rebound in half morocco with gilt lettering to the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, the complete forty-one original plates, plus 25 additional plates bound in, from Phiz - who is known for illustrating many of Dickens' works - and Robert Seymour, who died whilst illustrating the work. Collated, complete. Many of the plates are in first state, with page numbers rather than titles. A mixed early issue of the first edition in book form. Issue points include: The sign in the title page reads 'Weller', instead of the first issue 'Veller'; five lines of footnotes to page 9; with mark between 'r' and 'u' in 'rum' in the last line of page 10 ; with the signature 'E' present to the tail of pages 25 and 27; page 261 correctly signed 'X2'; with the second '3' in the page number present to page 303; 'Picwkick' to the running title of page 375; the last 'e' of page 17 is broken; 'this friends' on page 400, line 21, and an incomplete 'F' in the word 'OF' in the headline on page 432. The half title page is present. Rebound in half morocco. Externally, very smart with some light rubbing to the edges. Fading to the spine. Light marks to the boards. Internally generally firmly bound. The plate on page 46 is loosening and could detach with further handling. Pages generally bright and clean with age-toning and handling marks throughout. Marks to the frontispiece and engraved title page. Marks to the title page. Spotting throughout, heavier to the plates. Small closed tear of about half an inch to the plate on page 529. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 609p octavo, First edition bound from the parts with blue printed wrap bound in the rear. Author/Poet Eugene Field's Copy with eritten statement from hisson and from Julia S Field his wife. His son has written " This book comes from yje library of my father, Eugene Field, and was one of his choicest items. Eugene Field 2nd Oct 14 1923" Then it was signed and notarized by Julia Field in 1929. This copy sold at auction in 1937. A very good copy in full calf, old restoration along the gutters, top edge gilt . Old antiquarian bookseller's (Trebizond Rare Books)note circa 1950's laid in.
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. Chapman & Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Chapman and Hall: London, 1837. 8vo. xiv, [2], 609 pp. First edition in book form - mixed state. Contains 22 of 24 internal flaws per Smith and two of seven first issue points per Hatton and Cleaver. With 43 etched plates after Robert Seymour and Hablot K. Browne, including two plates by Buss. Some toning to the paper and foxing to plates internally. Binding is near fine.
Seller: Paul Johnson Fine Books, IOBA, Temecula, CA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. With 43 plates by Robert Seymour. Robert William Buss, and H.K. Browne ("Phiz"). xiv, 609 pp. 8vo. With the Buss plates. This copy with the two suppressed plates by R.W. Buss, which in later issues are replaced with plates redesigned and etched by Phiz. 19th century wavy grained morocco, bordered in blind and gilt, morocco spine label. Foxing to plates (mostly marginal) and scattered to text, some shelfwear, very good With 43 plates by Robert Seymour. Robert William Buss, and H.K. Browne ("Phiz"). xiv, 609 pp. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, mixed issue, with "S. Veller" at p. 342, but "his friends" at p. 400, engraved title in first state, with "Tony Veller" on signboard. Etched vignette title page, frontispiece, 41 plates by Robert Seymour, R. W. Buss, and H. K. Browne, vignette title-page with the signboard reading "Veller" (corrected to "Weller" in later issues). 609 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A Dickens Classic. Smith 3 (pp. 19-27) Contemporary half olive green roan, marbled boards. Some rubbing, lower joint tender, very good. Plates foxed (mostly at margins) Etched vignette title page, frontispiece, 41 plates by Robert Seymour, R. W. Buss, and H. K. Browne, vignette title-page with the signboard reading "Veller" (corrected to "Weller" in later issues). 609 pp. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, mixed issue, with "S. Veller" at p. 342, but "his friends" at p. 400, engraved title in first state, with "Tony Veller" on signboard.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles. Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman & Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$1350.00 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form of one of Dickens' greatest works, mixed issue. Thick octavo (8 1/8 x 5 1/16 inches). xiv, [1, directions], [1, errata], 609, [1, blank] pp. With forty-three illustrations including frontispiece and vignette title-page. With the seven plates by Seymour and the remaining ones by Phiz. Originally issued in 20 parts from April 1836 to November 1837. With half-title, "Directions to Binder" and errata leaf. Includes marginal note on page 9 that was suppressed in later issues. Modern full brown morocco by Bayntum-Riviere, gilt-stamped with a portrait of Dickens on front cover. Spine stamped in gilt with five raised bands. All edges gilt, gilt-turn-ins. Housed in a brown cloth open end slipcase. A fine copy with clean plates. "From a literary standpoint the supremacy of this book has been. firmly established. It was written by Dickens when he was twenty-four and its publication placed the author on a solid foundation from which he never was removed. It is quite probable that only Shakespeare's Works, the Bible and perhaps the English Prayer Book, exceed "Pickwick Papers" in circulation" (Eckel, 17). "Never was a book received with more rapturous enthusiasm than that which greeted the Pickwick Papers!" (Allibone I:500). Pickwick would be the first volume in which Dickens was acknowledged as the author, rather than using his pen name, "Boz." Gimbel A15. Hatton and Cleaver. Smith, I:3 Dickens, HBS 67068. $1,350.
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. Chapman & Hall, 1837.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN FULL POLISHED CALF WITH BRIGHT GILT RULE AND FLORAL PATTERNS TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAPERS, PASTE DOWNS AND END PAGES. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES LIGHTLY BROWNED AND WITH MODERATE FOXING SURROUNDING PLATES, INKED OWNER'S SIGNATURE TO FRONT FREE PAPER. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED-43 TOTAL, 609 PAGES, 8vo, BOOKS MEASURE 8.5"x5.5". FIRST EDITION, 184 YEARS OLD. A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE.
Seller: Reagan's Rare Books, Moseley, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, later state with corrections. Hardcover, bound in modern full red morocco with gilt medallion portrait of Dickens on the front cover, facsimile signature on the back by Bayntun-Riviere. With a slipcase.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Early edition (c. 1837) of Dicken's Pickwick Papers with many of the required points such as the signature E on p. 25. 3/4 leather over marbled boards with raised bands decorated in gilt on spine and gilt spine titling. Full page edge marbling and marbled endpapers. Illustrated with 43 full-page plates, and double frontispiece (4 stripes to chair). 8vo. xv, 609 pp. Very Good Plus. Bumped corners with minor edgewear, small chip to spine and spotting of boards, but still handsome. Hinges have a handsome red tape over pastedowns. The pages are clean and the binding is very tight; the interior is Near Fine.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
DICKENS, CHARLES.. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman & Hall, 1837, 1837.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition; later issue. Handsomely bound in modern full red morocco by Bayntun-Riviere; all edges gilt; gilt stamped vignette portrait on the front cover; gilt stamped facsimile signature on the back board; decorated edges and rules; raised bands with gilt decorated compartments; a fine copy. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz. 609pp., thick 8vo, early 20th century 3/4 red morocco, a.e.g .London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First Edition. Early issue with many of the required points, including the 2 Buss plates (facing pp. 69 & 74) "Tony Veller" & "Phiz fecit." on half-title, signature E on p. 25, etc. The plates are lightly but evenly toned, without foxing. Some plates are signed with, and others without page numbers, but none have captions.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1610.33 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 volumes. Volume 1 xiv, directions, errata, 306pp. Volume 2: page 307 - 609. I do not have the correct reference works to identify printing so a few notes. 43 plates. 43 illustrations as called for with various amounts of foxing and some minor tears. 2 frontispiece (Weller and not Veller to pub sign). 7 illustrations by Seymour. " by BUSS, remainder by Phiz. Illustration numbers rather than descriptions. Includes: Signature E. Hodling. Figure 7 raised. page 342 S> Veller, page 432 damaged F. Owners name to prelim blanks. Name to top of title page. Dickens Tribute to genius labels to fep. Superb rebinding with half leather with 5 raised bands and red labels. Superb marbled paper to boards. At over 1 kg post packing and insurance will be more than quoted by abe. PLEASE NOTE THAT BECAUSE EWCONOMY MAIL CANNOT BE INSURED EXPORT POST WILL HAVE TOI BE AIRMAIL TRACKED AND INSURED.
Seller: Chris Barmby MBE. C & A. J. Barmby, Kent, United Kingdom
DICKENS (Charles). The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$1610.33 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Illustrated by R. Seymour and H.K. Browne ["Phiz"]. First edition. 8vo. Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full crimson morocco, one line gilt panel enclosing a gilt block of the author on the upper cover and author's signature on the lower cover, the spine lettered and dated in gilt with one line panels, centre tools, corner tools and tooled bands, hand-marbled endleaves, all edges gilt.
Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London Chapman and Hall 1837, 1837.
Price: US$1610.33 + shipping
Description: First edition, second issue, with "S. Veller" at p. 342, and "this friends" at p. 400, and 'F' intact in headline of p. 342' engraved title in second state, with "Tony Weller" on signboard. 43 engraved plates by R. Seymour and H. T. Browne ("Phiz"). 1 vols. Bound in marbled boards with leather spine. Repair to title page. A very good copy.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London Chapman and Hall 1837, 1837.
Price: US$1610.33 + shipping
Description: First edition, second issue. Published by Chapman and Hall in London, 1837. This is a near fine copy of the first book issue. Bound in half tooled morocco with marbled paper, this is a fine production. The gilt titling on the spine is bright. Finely illustrated with 43 engravings by H. T. Browne ("Phiz") and R. Seymour, each of which are present. The issue point of 'S. Veller' on page 342 is present, though not 'this friends' on page 400, for instance. The tissue-guard is present on the frontispiece, though typically foxed. The text blocks are semi-textured with brown spotting, nicely matching the ornate covers. The bookplate of Henry Vaughan Davis is present on the front paste down. There is a slight tear to page vii, which has been repaired as evidenced on the verso. Otherwise, this is a near fine copy of a fine collectible title. Dickens' first novel. Because of his success with Sketches by Boz published in 1836, Dickens was asked by the publisher Chapman & Hall to supply descriptions to explain a series of comic "cockney sporting plates" by illustrator Robert Seymour, and to connect them into a novel. The book became a publishing phenomenon, with bootleg copies, theatrical performances, Sam Weller joke books, and other merchandise. On its cultural impact, Nicholas Dames in The Atlantic writes, "'Literature' is not a big enough category for Pickwick. It defined its own, a new one that we have learned to call "entertainment." Initially published in 19 issues over 20 months, the success of The Pickwick Papers popularised serialised fiction and cliffhanger endings. Seymour's widow claimed that the idea for the novel was originally her husband's, but Dickens strenuously denied any specific input in his preface to the 1867 edition: "Mr Seymour never originated or suggested an incident, a phrase, or a word, to be found in the book."
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman & Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$1650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. [5], vi-xiv, [3], 2-609, [1] pp. Bound in recent brown calf, spine with red morocco label and 4 raised bands with gilt ruling and gilt lettering, patterned endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and vignette title page, and with 43 plates by Robert Seymour (first 7 plates following the vignette titlepage), Robert William Buss (2 plates following those of Seymour), and H. K. Browne ("Phiz") (frontispiece, vignette titlepage, and final 32 plates). First edition bound from the parts. Bound without the half-title, mixed issue but many earlier points present (both Buss plates are included, sign in vignette titlepage reads "Veller" and plate is signed "Phiz fecit", pp. 341 and 342 are Hatton & Cleaver variant A, early plates lack captions but have page numbers, later plates lack both). Smith I 3, Eckel, pp. 17-58; Gimbel A-15; Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 3-88. A pleasing, attractively bound copy of Dickens' first novel. Modern binding is close to Fine, scattered mild darkening and foxing to some leaves and plates, tiny tears to pages 237 and 273 (not affecting the text).
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$1650.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. pp. xiv, [2]directions to binder & errata, 609. with half-title. 43 etched plates by Hablot Knight Browne, Robert Seymour, & Robert William Buss (incl. frontis. & additional title). 19th century full dark blue calf, gilt back (joints cracked, spine ends worn, some foxing to plates, some quite so). armorial bookplate of Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Molyneux, with his gilt crest at foot of spine. ownership entry of American screenwriter Frances Marion. First Edition, bound from the original parts. Signboard on etched title with earlier Veller reading and with two original suppressed Buss plates 8 & 9, the last 16 plates without etched plate numbers or captions. Smith I 3. Ray, The Illustrator And The Book In England From 1790 To 1914, 125. Sadleir 698. NCBEL III 788.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$1665.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, bound by Morrill in full tan polished calf, calf labels, gilt-decorated spine, all edges gilt. Extra-illustrated with 9 additional plates by Buss and Miller. Near-Fine; front joint is tender. Literature, Dickens.
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$1803.57 + shipping
Description: A beautifully bound and internally exceptionally bright first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' immensely popular first novel. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first novel, initially published serially over the course of twenty months. A mixed issue copy of this work, as is common, with a significant number of both first and second issue points, but without the two scarce Buss plates, and with all plates in the later state (captioned and with publisher's imprint).In a beautiful full crushed morocco binding by Whitman Bennett.Retaining the half title, directions to the binder, and errata leaf.Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page and forty-one plates, by Phiz - who is known for illustrating many of Dickens' works - and Robert Seymour, who died whilst illustrating the work. Collated, complete.First issue points include: five lines of footnotes to page 9; with the signature 'E' present to the tail of pages 25 and 27; page 261 correctly signed 'X2'; with the second '3' in the page number present to page 303; 'Picwkick' to the running title of page 375; 'inbe-licate' to line 1 of page 341; no parenthesis in lines 14 and 15 from the bottom of page 34, andline 5 of page 341 correctly reading 'inscriptino'.Second issue points include: 'Weller' to the sign on the engraved title page; last 'e' of page 17 unbroken; line 29 of page 260 reading 'holding'; 'his friends' on page 400, line 21; complete 'F' in headline of page 432; no mark between 'r' and 'u' in 'rum' in the last line of page 10.With the bookplate of artist Alex M. Hudnut to the front pastedown, and the bookplate of American advertising agent Frank Hummert to the front pastedown. Former owner's inscription, dated 1932, to a front endpaper.The first edition in book form of this publishing phenomenon from Charles Dickens, his first novel credited with defining a new genre. It popularised both the serial format, and stylistic feature of the cliff hanger. In a full crushed morocco signed binding, with gilt detailing. Externally, fine, with just a touch of rubbing to the head of the front joint. Small tear at centre of paper to front joint. Bookplates to front pastedown and front free endpaper. Inscription to a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Two plates laid down and reinforced to the reverse, with neat repairs to closed tears of two further plates. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman & Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$1875.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, [2], 609, [1]; a set likely bound from the original parts, generally a mixed issue as is typical with many early points present; 43 etched plates by Robert Seymour, H. K. Browne ("Phiz"), and Robert William Buss, engraved title page reads "Veller," Buss plates not replaced by Phiz plates, 20th-century half blue morocco over blue cloth, gilt decorated spine in 6 compartments, gilt title in 6, t.e.g.; joints rubbed and just starting, frontispiece with short crease, bookplate of William Howard Bovey and his blind stamp on title page and p. 99, very light occasional spotting, all else very good. A notoriously difficult book bibliographically. This copy with Directions to the Binder leaf with 6 line errata on verso; pages 25-26 a single inset leaf; that and the following leaf both bearing the signature mark `E'; page 341-2 is in its second state (Hatton & Cleaver, variant B), frontispiece has 4 stripes on the chair (later there were five stripes); engraved title page reads "Veller" (second plate)," etc. Eckel, pp. 23-50; Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 3-88; Podeschi A16.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$1932.39 + shipping
Description: First edition in book-form variant deluxe publisher's binding in original half burgundy morocco, green moirë watermarked satin cloth covered sides, black and gilt title lettering label and elaborate tools to the spine, marble end papers and text block edges, original silk tie. 8vo. 8¾'' x 5¾''. Variant deluxe publisher's bindings are known, including states in green moirë and half morocco (as here) and full morocco. Academics seem to have dismissed the variant bindings altogether, and as so little is known about the existence of these, a precedence has not been set. Being generally a mixed issue as described below, etched plates by Robert Seymour, H. K. Browne ('Phiz'), including 1 (of 2) suppressed plates by Robert William Buss, page 69 not present, page 74 present, stab marks present. A notoriously difficult book bibliographically. Several first issue points present: 'Weller' rather than 'Veller' on the inn sign but with first issue point with Phiz peut on the engraved title page. This copy with Directions to the Binder leaf with 6 line errata on verso; pages 25-26 a single inset leaf; that and the following leaf both bearing the signature mark 'E'; frontispiece stool has four stripes, a middle shield and signed Phiz Fecit (later there were five stripes); engraved title page reads 'Weller' (second plate) instead of 'Veller'; page 260 line 29, 'hodling' for 'holding'; page 261, line 6 'Picvick' for 'Pickwick'; page 267 '7' in page number slightly raised; pages 282 and 299 both with 'Chapters XXVIII'; page 303 lacking last '3'; page 341, line 1 has correct 'inde-licate'; page 341-2 is in an early state (Hatton & Cleaver, variant C C 2); page 342, line 5, uncorrected 'S. Veller'; page 432, the 'F' in headline is imperfect; page 553, 9 lines up 'Considdring for Considering'. Contains frontispiece, engraved title page, [xiv], 2, 609 printed pages of text with 41 illustrations throughout. Additional leaf bound after the third front free end paper with hand written notes concerning this being a first edition in original binding, below which a press clipping has been pasted with the title 'Dickens and Pickwick in Court'. Joints professionally repaired, some toning and foxing to plates as usual. Member of the P.B.F.A. DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 212 x 130 mm). [4], xvi, 609 pp. Including the half title. With forty-three inserted plates by Seymour, Buss and 'Phiz'. With the Seymour and Buss plates, and with the 'Phiz' plates from early steels. Frontispiece and engraved title in the first state. None of the illustrations are captioned but all are signed. With all of Smith's first issue points except for page 341-342 in variant "B" with the misspellings but with "S.Veller". Bound by Morrell in full 20th-century red morocco. Boards triple-ruled in gilt. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Edges ruled in gilt. Gilt dentelles. Top edge gilt. A small spot on front board. Top of spine with a sliver of leather missing. Some plates with some toning, mainly along outer margins. Overall a very nice copy. "From a literary standpoint the supremacy of this book has been. firmly established. It was written by Dickens when he was twenty-four and its publication placed the author on a solid foundation from which he never was removed. It is quite probable that only Shakespeare's Works, the Bible and perhaps the English Prayer Book, exceed "Pickwick Papers" in circulation" (Eckel, 17). "Never was a book received with more rapturous enthusiasm than that which greeted the Pickwick Papers!" (Allibone I:500). Pickwick would be the first volume in which Dickens was acknowledged as the author, rather than using his pen name, "Boz." Gimbel A15. Hatton and Cleaver. Smith, Dickens, I, 3. HBS 68603. $2,000.
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine first edition in book form. The Pickwick Papers was first published serially over the course of 20 months, leading up to November 1837, when it was collected into a book by Chapman and Hall. At least two first issue points are present, namely the uncorrected "S. Veller" in line 5 of page 342, and the "VELLER" inscription on the half title illustration. No "BUSS" plates. Occasional very light foxing. Full leather binding. Spine is gilt-decorated, with immaculate gilt edges of the textblock A beautiful first edition in book form of Dickens' classic first novel.
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books , Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$2200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Half-Leather. No Jacket. First Edition. HB NODJ ISSUED, measures approx 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 inches, in Original Green Slate Cloth boards with tooled Black Leather corners & Spine, NF+/VG-, AS-IS, NODJ, engraved title page has " Tony Weller" on the signboard above the inn door,Gold gilt decorations & lettering spine, 1837 on half title & title page, 1st book edition, 2nd Issue, with S. Veller on page 342, line 5, has his friends page 400 line 21, page 260 line 29 reads holding, with F in of imperfect in Healine on Page 432, has notation on bottom pg.9, Cover some rub, wear Scuff tiny Chips primarily Extremities edges, Interior nice, tight with much FoXing thruout & some Wear , few pencil mrks ,609 pages, edges pages Gold Gilt, Possible repair Cover & Spine,
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2383.29 + shipping
Description: First Edition, first printing in book form, with seven key issue points present: the two Buss plates opposite pages 69 and 74; 'V eller' on signboard on the engraved titlepage; 'S. Veller' at line 5, page 342; 'his friends' for 'his friend' line 21, page 400; the letter 'f' in 'of' imperfect in the headline on p 432; all 41 engraved plates by Seymour and Phiz (ie Browne) including the frontispiece are without titles or imprint, while the engraved titlepage states Phiz as the artist; line 260, p 260 has 'hodling' for 'holding'; at p 276 the '7' in the page number sits a touch proud of the other digits; signature 'E' present at the foot of p 25. 43 engraved plates in total, all rather spotted, some much more emphatic than others, as is usual with this title. Bound in contemporary sheep with panelled spine, double gilt filets around sides, dark red title label laid down on spine. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Corner tips worn, extremities rubbed especially at head and tail of the spine. Lower hinge tender with some intermittent cracking to the leather. A sound and unpretentious copy. The novel was originally issued by Chapman & Hall in monthly installments from March of 1836 until November 1837, before it was published as one complete book in 1837. The publishing firm of Chapman and Hall faced a huge decision in April of 1836. The firm had just started a series of amusing stories dealing with "Cockney sporting scenes". The series was built around the illustrations of Robert Seymour. Publication began on March 30th. Less than a month later, on April 20th, the illustrator Robert Seymour committed suicide. The publishers had to decide if they were going to continue the series. The author who wrote the text accompanying Seymour's illustrations had an idea. Why not increase the text and hire a less well-known artist? The series would thus continue, but the focus would change from the illustrations to the story. The author's name was Charles Dickens and the series was The Pickwick Papers. The first instalment of Pickwick sold about 500 copies while the last segment sold about 40,000 copies. Pickwick became a sensational hit and Dickens' name was firmly established as a leading writer of popular fiction. In the wake of the book came theatrical adaptations and before long Pickwick merchandise began to appear, cigars, songbooks, and china figurines. Dickens had landed.
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
Price: US$2475.00 + shipping
Description: xiv, [2], 609, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated with 43 plates by Seymour, Buss & Phiz [some with page locations, though without Chapman & Hall imprint]. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" A hint of sunning to the spine panel, otherwise a pleasing & handsome Nr Fine volume. Custom bound in a deep blue leather binding by Bayntun, elaborate gilt decorated spine, gilt stamped Dickens bust to front board, gilt facsimile signature to rear board, gilt dentelles, AEG, marbled eps 1st volume edition, early issue (Smith I, 3).
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Leather. 8vo. Chapman and Hall. 1837. Two Volumes. 609 pgs total. Illustrated with With 43 engraved plates by Robert Seymour and H. K. Browne. First Edition/Early issue with the following points: with signature mark "E" present on p. 25, first line of second paragraph of chapter V with "ruined wall" (p. 43,) the rare signature misprint on p. 261 reading "X2," and "holding" on p. 260. Penny Pickwick tipped into the rear of the second volume. Bound in 20th century contemporary green leather with raised bands along the spine and gilt titles present to the spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Boards very lightly worn to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Foxing Present. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers) is Charles Dickens's first novel. He was asked to contribute to the project as an up-and-coming writer following the success of Sketches by Boz, published in 1836 (most of Dickens' novels were issued in shilling instalments before being published as complete volumes). Dickens (still writing under the pseudonym of Boz) increasingly took over the unsuccessful monthly publication after the original illustrator Robert Seymour had committed suicide. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Chapman and Hall, London, UK. 1837. Xiv, 609 pgs. Illustrated with With 43 engraved plates by Robert Seymour and H. K. Browne. First Edition/Early issue with the following points: five lines of footnotes to page 9; with the last 'e' of page 17 broken; with the signature 'E' present to the tail of pages 25 and 27; page 261 correctly signed 'X2'; with the second '3' in the page number present to page 303; ; line 1 correctly reading "inbelicate" and line 5 reading "inscriptino"; line 5, with "S. Veller" uncorrected; page 400, line 21, with "his friends"; and page 432, with the "F" in the "OF" of the headline perfect. Bound in 3/4 brown leather with raised bands along the spine and gilt titles present to the spine. Boards very lightly worn to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the title page and previous owner's name present to the half-title page. Edges trimmed. Foxing Present. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Few first novels have created as much popular excitement as The Pickwick Papers - a comic masterpiece that catapulted its twenty-four-year-old author to immediate fame. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the sportsman Winkle and, above all, by that quintessentially English Quixote, Mr Pickwick, and his cockney Sancho Panza, Sam Weller. From the hallowed turf of Dingley Dell Cricket Club to the unholy fracas of the Eatanswill election, via the Fleet debtors' prison, characters and incidents spring to life from Dickens's pen, to form an enduringly popular work of ebullient humour and literary invention.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles.. The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club.. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo (22 cm) xiv, [2], 609 pages, and 43 plates. Extra engraved title page. In full tan polished calf, marbled edges. Binding worn at edges and along joints. Old bookplate, old ownership autograph. Frontispiece, engraved title, and most plates toned and vignetted, with foxing present on many. Otherwise a good sound copy. First edition with following points of issue: "S. Veller" on page 342, line 5; "this friends" on page 400, line 21; imperfect letter "f" in headline on page 342. Signboard on the engraved title reads "Weller" where "Veller" might indicate a first state, but a penciled note on the front blank reads "the 'w' version is frequently found in copies which otherwise have plates in the first issue."
Seller: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio, ABAA, Tuxedo, NY, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: With 43 illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz. 607pp., thick 8vo, full polished tan morocco, with leather labels, gilt X spine & dentelles by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First Edition. As often with the first edition in book form the textual points are in the second state. Less than half the plates are in the first state, but this copy has been extra illustrated with 32 plates by Thomas Onwyn. Very clean, without foxing or browning.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: Charles Dickens Pickwick Papers in a Superb Art Nouveau Binding by Charles de Samblanx DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition in book form. A tall early issue with the frontispiece and the vignette title-page in first state and the errata uncorrected. Octavo (8 11/16 x 5 3/8 inches; 221 x 137 mm.). [i-v], vi, [vii], viii-ix, [x-xi], xii-xiv, [xv] Directions to the binder, [xvi] errata, [1]-609, [610]. Forty-three inserted engraved plates by Phiz and Seymour, including the second state of most of the Seymour plates, the Phiz replacement plates for the Buss plates (with captions instead of page numbers below images), and mixed early states of the remaining Phiz plates, all prior to Phiz's major re-engravings, with the early page numbers instead of the later captions and imprints below the images, including simultaneous steels of the frontispiece and vignette title. The errata is uncorrected, however it has been corrected in ink in an early hand. The plate facing page 453 with a neatly repaired marginal tear not affecting image. A few plates with marginal browning but far cleaner than is usually seen. Elaborately bound ca. 1910 by Ch. De Samblanx (stamp-signed in gilt at foot of spine). Full navy blue calf, covers bordered in gilt and elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, smooth spine similarly decorated in gilt and blind and lettered in gilt, decorative gilt board edges and turn-ins, marbled end-papers, tope edge gilt, others uncut. A very fine and attractive binding. With the armorial bookplate of Robert & Jeanne Percheron on front blank leaf. Charles de Samblanx (1855-1943). The Belgian Belle Époque master, Ch. De Samblanx began his binding career at the age of eleven, as an apprentice to Coppens. He eventually established his own firm (though from 1889-1909 his gilder Jacques Weckesser, his cousin by marriage was in partnership with him). His binding career extended over several decades, and he worked in a variety of period styles, sensitively reproducing the bindings of past centuries. His work, often involving great complexity of design, is invariably executed with the highest degree of skill.
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.
Dickens , Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman & Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$2576.53 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Half burgundy leather over burgundy tweed style boards. Small mark on front cover where another book has rubbed Five raised bands to spine wth gilt titles in second compartment and gilt decoration in others. Marbled eps.and page edges. Contains the 2 suppressed Buss plates on pages 69 and 74, directions to printer & errata. I believe that this is a Genuine first printing with all first state points from "Veller" on title page to the inperfect " F" in headline on page 432. Title pages are very browned. There is foxing to the borders of most illustrations. Printed pages are mostly clean and bright. Binding tight. Please email me for further information or questions.
Seller: Valuable Volumes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$2576.53 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp.[iii]-xiv, [2], 609, with 41 plates; bound without the half-title, plates in first impression with the 'V' in the Weller of the engraved title vignette; frontispiece, title, and plates oxidised as usual, minor closed tear in frontispiece; contemporary dark green half roan with non-pareil marbled sides; rubbed and worn, but sound.First edition, first issue. The Pickwick Papers was serialised in twenty parts from April 1836, the novel reaching its conclusion in November 1837, when it was also released as a three-decker. It was both Dickens's most popular work and the launch of his relationship with Hablot K.Browne ('Phiz'), whose illustrations played no small part in the novel's success. Provenance: ownership inscription of 'C J Dunphie' to verso of frontispiece. This is perhaps the Irish poet, author, and art critic Charles James Dunphie (18201908; see ODNB and DIB). Eckel, pp.55-58; Smith, Dickens 3. Language: English
Seller: Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$2576.53 + shipping
Description: First edition, bound from the parts, in a particularly attractive contemporary binding, extra-illustrated with four of Onwhyn's plates, a choice example of a contemporary reader investing in the finest dress for their copy of Dickens's extraordinarily successful debut novel. Pickwick Papers transformed Dickens from an obscure journalist into England's most famous writer in a matter of months. To capitalize on the novel's success, Thomas Onwhyn published a suite of plates in the same year, allowing enthusiasts to extra-illustrate their copies, as here. The plates are signed under the pseudonym "Sam Weller", after the popular Pickwickian. Kremers pp. 54-69; Smith, I.3. Octavo (207 x 128 mm). Contemporary purple pebble-grain morocco, skilfully rebacked with original spine laid down, spine lettered in gilt within ornamental floral cartouche, covers with elaborate gilt centrepieces, within triple blind rules, blind serrated cover edges, yellow endpapers, gilt edges. Bound without half-title. Etched vignette title page ("Veller", no priority), frontispiece, and 41 plates by Robert Seymour (early Seymour plates re-engraved by the artist after his original designs, as often), Buss (his plates here present, later replaced by new Phiz designs), and H. K. Browne (Phiz); extra-illustrated with 4 plates by Onwhyn. All plates are in their earlier states, prior to their re-engraving by Phiz with added captions. Inscription to front free endpaper "Francis Smith a present from his affte father July 1st 1857", above inscription "Alfred Smith January 13th 1877" (who repeated "W. A. Smith 15/1/77" on vignette title), and "Cha. Alexander Smith Oct 1895", the latter's stamp on front pastedown and rear free endpaper, and signature on following binder's blank; front free endpaper also with mounted Dickens' centennial commemoratory stamp. Morocco a little darkened, tips worn, endpapers soiled, plates and contents generally browned, chip and tear at foot of pp 67/8 slightly affecting text. A good, attractively bound copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$2576.53 + shipping
Description: First edition, handsomely bound from the original monthly parts, of Dickens's first novel, which transformed the obscure journalist into England's most famous writer in a matter of months. Hatton and Cleaver p. 1; Smith, I.3. Octavo (202 x 127 mm). Later 20th-century red morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, spine lettered in gilt, front cover blocked with gilt portrait of Dickens and rear cover with gilt facsimile signature, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Etched vignette title page, frontispiece, and 41 plates by Robert Seymour and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz), earlier states without captions, Buss plates replaced by those of Phiz as usual. Some light spotting to contents and slight browning to plates as often; a near-fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$2800.00 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form of Dickens' first novel and one of his greatest works. Octavo, bound in three full quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, with 43 engraved plates by Seymour and Browne. In very good condition. Few first novels have created as much popular excitement as The Pickwick Papers a comic masterpiece that catapulted its twenty-four-year-old author to immediate fame. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the sportsman Winkle and, above all, by that quintessentially English Quixote, Mr Pickwick, and his cockney Sancho Panza, Sam Weller. From the hallowed turf of Dingley Dell Cricket Club to the unholy fracas of the Eatanswill election, via the Fleet debtors prison, characters and incidents sprang to life from Dickenss pen, to form an enduringly popular work of ebullient humour and literary invention.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$2898.59 + shipping
Description: First edition, bound from the original monthly parts. The novel was Dickens's first great success and transformed him from an obscure journalist into England's most famous writer in a matter of months. It was first published in serial form from March 1836 to November 1837. This copy has the Buss plates, which were later replaced by new designs by Phiz. Hatton and Cleaver pp. 1 ff; Kremers pp. 54-69; Smith, I.3. Octavo (209 x 127 mm). Early 20th-century tan calf by Riviere, spine elaborately gilt in compartments, red and green labels, ruling to boards, turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Housed in a custom brown cloth slipcase. Engraved frontispiece ("Weller", no priority), vignette title page, and 41 plates by Seymour, Buss, and Phiz, all in earlier states without captions. Extremities lightly rubbed, occasional spot to contents. A very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, 609pp. First edition with the following first issue points: S. Veller p 342, imperfect F in the word of in the headline of p. 432, and Veller present on engraved title page in the sign above the door. Bound from the parts in full redMorocco by Riviere & Son.Raised bands, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles. 37 plates by Phiz, 6 by Robert Seymour. Extra-illustrated with 24 etchings by Pailthorpe with the original wrapper bound in the rear as the last printed leaf.Smallnews clipping hinged to the verso of the front free endpaper,closed tear on one plate by Phiz facing p. 301, and another by Pailthorpe, facing p. 583. Engraved bookplate of Jasper Hillier and small address label above that. Front outer hinge tender, with a sympathetic repair. Overall, a near fine example in a very handsome binding.
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition mixed issue, with the half-title. 43 plates without the two "Buss" plates. 609pp. 1 vols. 8vo. WITH 1837 PROVENANCE FROM SIR ROBERT BARRIE. Inscribed: "G.S. Atkinson from Sir Robt. Barrie 1837." on half-title Sir Robert Barrie KCB, KCH was a British officer of the Royal Navy noted for his service in the War of 1812. He was helped early in his naval career by the patronage of his uncle, Sir Alan Gardner, who arranged for him to take part in the Vancouver Expedition. Smith I 3 Bound in full publisher's purple morocco, a.e.g. Plates toned, else very good 43 plates without the two "Buss" plates. 609pp. 1 vols. 8vo First Edition mixed issue, with the half-title.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Dickens Charles. THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB. London Chapman and Hall 1837, 1837.
Price: US$3135.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Engraved frontispiece and title-page and with a plethora of engraved illustrations by R. Seymour and H. K. Browne, Phiz. 8vo, very handsomely bound in contemporary 3/4 dark wine morocco over marbled boards, the covers with gilt rules, the spine very beautifully decorated with wide raised bands elaborately gilt tooled and border with double gilt fillet lines, head and tail caps with gilt rolls, one compartment lettered in gilt. xiv, 609 pp. A very attractive copy, especially well preserved and in lovely condition. VERY HANDSOME FIRST EDITION IN PERIOD BINDING. "Pickwick was issued when Dickens name was just beginning to excite the attention of prescient publishers and be recognized by readers in search of entertaining novels . The publication of PICKWICK, which ran through twenty numbers, made for all time an English classic--a book representative of its age, exhibiting the life and the ideals of an important class of English folk, on the threshold of the Victorian era. Now, over a century and a half later, PICKWICK holds its assured place in the literature of our tongue, and, among all its authors works, seems to have the best chance of achieving what is known as immortality. The book was an improvisation. Dickens was led by his genius and by the indulgence of his jocuse fancy into picturing all the popular life which his varied experience in and out of London had made familiar to him. And it is a book that appeals throughout life--to the child and to the person of late years. (Gissing) Like others of Dickens creations, it is a masterpiece. This is a wonderful copy in beautiful contemporary state.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3220.66 + shipping
Description: First edition, a superb extra illustrated copy with the scarce suites of plates by Thomas Sibson and Frederick William Pailthorpe - neither of which are in the celebrated Suzannet and Vander Poel collections - in a particularly fine binding by Rivière, whose work was renowned for "the quality of the materials, the forwarding, and in the delicacy of the tooling" (ODNB). This edition includes the complete suite of Sketches of Expeditions from the Pickwick Club, a series of ten unofficial illustrations first published in 1838 to accompany some of the "most striking scenes" of the novel. Also included is Pailthorpe's 1882 series, 24 Illustrations to the Pickwick Club, all hand-coloured, described by Grego as "thoroughly in harmony with the first series of plates" by Phiz and Seymour (p. 450). All of the original plates are also present in their early states as called for, with no titles or imprints, The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens's first novel, transformed the obscure journalist into England's most famous writer within months. The first monthly instalment was issued in an edition of 1,000 copies in April 1836. The work became a publishing sensation after the introduction of Sam Weller in chapter 10, the fourth instalment, issued in July 1836, after which the publishers reprinted the earlier instalments so that readers could catch up. The serial was originally intended to be primarily a vehicle for the cartoons of Robert Seymour, until he died by suicide after the first number was published. Robert William Buss then took over, but he was inexperienced in steel engraving and had to be replaced. The final choice, Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"), was to be Dickens's chosen collaborator for the next two decades. Podeschi, H1137; Smith I.3. Joseph Grego, Pictorial Pickwickiana: Charles Dickens and His Illustrators, 1899. Octavo (270 x 129 mm). Late 19th-century red morocco by Rivière & Son, spine lettered in gilt in floral compartments, raised bands, triple gilt filleting to sides, floral gilt dentelles, dark blue coated endpapers, gilt edges. With original wrappers of part III bound in to rear. 112 engraved plates, including etched vignette title page ("Weller", no priority), frontispiece, 41 plates by Robert Seymour and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz), with 2 additional plates by R. W. Buss. With bookplates of the barrister Herbert H. Smith to front pastedown and of Jeremy and Penny Martin to front free endpaper, and faded ownership inscription of one Alex F. Little to engraved title page. Very minor rubbing to extremities, light foxing to contents and offsetting from plates, a bright and attractive copy with sharp hand-coloured plates.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form of Dickens' first novel and one of his greatest works. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, with the first state Veller title page, with 43 engraved plates by Seymour and Browne and five Buss plates which Dickens requested to be removed in subsequent printings. In very good condition. Few first novels have created as much popular excitement as The Pickwick Papers a comic masterpiece that catapulted its twenty-four-year-old author to immediate fame. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the sportsman Winkle and, above all, by that quintessentially English Quixote, Mr Pickwick, and his cockney Sancho Panza, Sam Weller. From the hallowed turf of Dingley Dell Cricket Club to the unholy fracas of the Eatanswill election, via the Fleet debtors prison, characters and incidents sprang to life from Dickenss pen, to form an enduringly popular work of ebullient humour and literary invention.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: pp. xiv, 609. Thick 8vo. All 43 plates are present, as described in Smith, 'Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth', although five of the plates are placed one page earlier than called for, and one plate is placed ten pages later. Seven of the plates are by Seymour, two by Buss, and the remainder by Phiz. Vignette title page plate shows 'S. Veller' and 'Phiz fecit'. As is always the case with a bound first edition of this title, each of the plates is a 'mixed bag' of first state, first plate, second plate etc. varieties of the plates. Our copy contains at least 33 'matches' to the status of plates found in most first edition copies, as stipulated by Smith; but it also contains 10 plates where the points are different, the majority of the differences suggesting a first plate, first state status. See also Eckel, 'Bibliography of the Original Writings of Charles Dickens; Fitzgerald, 'The History of Pickwick'; Hatton and Cleaver, 'Bibliography of the Periodical Works of Charles Dickens'; Clendening, 'A Handbook to Pickwick Papers'. The contents of our copy show foxing, and there are a few very small (less than one inch) closed tears to the margins. The binding is tight and the contents are untrimmed. Overall, a very good copy with a highly desirable number of first state 'points'. Recent rebind in full brown leather with gilt rules to spine and red morocco spine label. A most handsome presentation.
Seller: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, 1837.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, with page numbers instead of captions etc. below the plates. 8vo. Author's preface. 43 full-page illustrations by R. Seymour and "Phiz" (Hablot Knight Browne). No half title page. Full polished tan calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine with raised bands and gilt stamped devices within gilt ruled compartments, maroon and green gilt stamped spine labels, covers triple ruled in gilt with gilt devices in corners, elaborate gilt stamped floral inner dentelles, blue endpapers, t.e.g, others uncut. Fine, fresh copy with no foxing. 609 pages. No signatures or bookplates.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$4200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Exquisitely bound in full crimson morocco with highly decorative gilt designs and green morocco onlays on cover and spine, gilt designs on back cover by Sangorski & Sutcliffe including alternating gilt busts of Samuel Pickwick and Sam Weller which recur in the spine panels. WITH SUPERB ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR OVAL WATERCOLOR PORTRAIT OF DICKENS inset to inside upper cover, mounted with brass edges, ornate gilt and morocco onlay borders, full morocco doublures and silk-free endpapers. A wonderful and truly imaginative binding. iii]-xiv, [2], 609 pp. Lacking half-title. With 43 engraved plates by Robert Seymour and H.K. Browne. Some scattered light foxing, some fraying to f.f.e.p., wear to margins of spine, expertly rebacked. Housed in a wonderful handmade folding cloth clamshell box with marbled paper interior and gilt red crushed morocco spine with five raised bands and three gilt ornaments by Sean Richards.
Seller: Nudelman Rare Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$4414.04 + shipping
Description: Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with blind-boardered decoration and gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Includes new endpapers with the prelims foxed. All points collated and confirmed. Provenance; from the library of Edward Saunders with the owner's bookplate.Physical description; 609 pages. Notes; 'Phiz' is a pseudonym for H.K. Browne. With a half-title. Source of acquisition: Purchased and placed on deposit by the Governors of the Baillie's Institution of Glasgow. Subjects; Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). English Literature. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$4414.04 + shipping
Description: Good copy bound in full aniline calf with blind-boardered decoration and gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Includes new endpapers with the prelims foxed. All points collated and confirmed. Physical description; 609 pages. Notes; 'Phiz' is a pseudonym for H.K. Browne. With a half-title. Subjects; Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). English Literature. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$4804.00 + shipping
Description: Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with blind-boardered decoration and gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Includes new endpapers with the prelims foxed. All points collated and confirmed. Provenance; from the library of Edward Saunders with the owner's bookplate.Physical description; 609 pages. Notes; 'Phiz' is a pseudonym for H.K. Browne. With a half-title. Source of acquisition: Purchased and placed on deposit by the Governors of the Baillie's Institution of Glasgow. Subjects; Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). English Literature. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$4804.00 + shipping
Description: Good copy bound in full aniline calf with blind-boardered decoration and gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Includes new endpapers with the prelims foxed. All points collated and confirmed. Physical description; 609 pages. Notes; 'Phiz' is a pseudonym for H.K. Browne. With a half-title. Subjects; Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). English Literature. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$5153.05 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London: Chapman and Hall, 1837, First Edition, Second and First State of the plates, second state of the text. With an authenticated John Forster signed letter and a Charles Dickens Signed and Sealed envelope (not connected). Genuine and AUTHENTICATED. Handsomely bound by Bayntun (Riviere), gilt titles, raised gilt bands, lavish gilt decoration to the compartments. Loosely inserted inside the front cover is a letter from George Bayntun to Lt. Col. H. C. Gould dated 27th November 1951 together with a receipt for £10.10s. The letter by Bayntun reads: .A Copy of the Pickwick Papers, First Edition, just out from the finishers, can now be offered to you. We have incorporated two copies in one, giving variations of the plates, some of these being in two states, (first and second issues). It is interesting to see the transformation as the plates were re-etched. To give substance to a few plates we have inlaid them. A holograph letter signed by John Forster, the biographer who wrote the life of Dickens, is inserted. At the end a specimen wrapper of Part vii is also inserted. In new blue crushed morocco, gilt back, top edges gilt, the price is £10.10s., and is offered subject to being unsold on receipt of order. The letter by John Forster reads [ . for indecipherable words]: My dear George King is going over to you and I make him carry these kindest regards from as well as can be expected to something much better, I now expect to hear. How are the children? Oh! Gracious Twins! What a . of a family man rises into dazzling view! Have you thought of Sch . since? I hope so. How I wish you would do one outline sketch as a mere idea? Or rather how I wish the first day you . yourself justified in having the most interesting of all convalescences for after hours. How I wish, youd come and take those of a . . Geordie Yours affectionately John Forster Send me a word to say when. An envelope signed by Charles Dickens and addressed to Henry Austin with a red seal to the reverse, both letter and envelope tipped in. The envelope added later and unconnected. All 43 plates are present, with an additional pictorial title page and 10 additional first state plates, as described in Smith, "Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth", Seven of the plates are by Seymour, two by Buss, and the remainder by Phiz. Vignette title page plate shows "S. Veller" and "Phiz fecit" and the second shows S. Weller. The binding is tight and the contents are untrimmed. Overall, a good copy. This copy was grangerised by George Bayntun of Bath in the 1950s. Laid in are duplicates of the additional title and 10 plates in various states, most laid to size, an upper wrapper from the original parts issue, an undated 3pp. autograph note from the biographer John Forster, and an envelope addressed to Henry Austin, signed by Charles Dickens. (i-v), vi, (vii), viii-ix, (x-xi),xii-xiv, (xv-xvi/xv,xvi 2 x List of Illustrations and Directions to the Binder), (1), 2-609pp, (610) as per Smith, duplicate plates for pictorial title, p73, p89, p96, p117, p133, p154, p169, p223, p434 including both the Buss plates. Collation: A in a gathering of 8, B to D in gatherings of 4, *E, E to G in gatherings of 4, H to TT in gatherings of 8 with the second page also signed in H to TT. As called for in Smith. Approximately 9 inches tall.
Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom
DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$5542.35 + shipping
Description: Octavo, with the half-title; 43 plates in first state; publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth binding, spine lettered in gilt, pale yellow endpapers. First English edition, first issue, of the great novel, preceded only by the publication in original parts, and the unauthorised Philadelphia printing. This copy has a charming if rather boisterous bibliophile association, having been given to A. Edward Newton by R. B. Adam, who has written on the front free endpaper 'Dear A E N, I do not remember who Pickwick was; but I think you told me he was a relation of yours so this must be yr book. R. B. May 30 1927'. Beneath this he has added 'Sam [Weller] why don't you answer?' Tipped in on the same leaf is a slip of paper in Adam's hand: 'Dr N, I have read a book or 2 but I be d. d if I do not think this is one of the greatest books in the World. R. B.' This first issue of the first edition has the Phiz plates in first impressions. The relevant bibliographical points are:- Page 43, second paragraph below Chapter V line 1 has "ruined wall" in the singular Signature "E" on p. 25 & "X2" on p. 261 P. 10 last line has no mark between "r" & "u" in rum P. 17 the last "e" appears broken Vignette on title has "Veller' . Provenance: W.P. Watson (Edinburgh bookseller, with label); R.B. Adam (leather booklabel, and inscription dated 1927 presenting the copy to:) A. Edward Newton (with his Oak Knoll bookplate); Newton's sale (1940, lot 498): private collection (Australia). Spine and joints worn at head and tail; inner stitching a bit weak. Some occasional browning to plates, but generally good.
Seller: Hordern House Rare Books, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$5668.36 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first and immensely popular novel. With many first issue points present, and containing the two suppressed Buss plates. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first novel, initially published serially over the course of twenty months. In a half calf signed binding from Bickers.The first edition in book form, mixed but very early issue. With the issue points: 'Veller' to the sign on the engraved title page; five lines of footnotes to page 9; with mark between 'r' and 'u' in 'rum' in the last line of page 10; with the last 'e' of page 17 broken; with the signature 'E' present to the tail of pages 25 and 27; without the parenthesis in lines 14 and 15 from the bottom of page 34; with the quotation mark indistinct before 'Sir' in the ninth line of page 244; line 29 of page 260 reading 'hodling' for 'holding'; page 261 correctly signed 'X2'; with the second '3' in the page number present to page 303; line 1 of page 341 reading 'inbe-licate' rather than 'inde-licate'; line 5 plates at page 343 and 358 are with page numbers; line 5 of page 341 reading 'inscriptino' rather than 'inscription'; 'Picwkick' to the running title of page 375; 'this friends' for 'his friends' on page 400, line 21; an imperfect 'F' in the word 'OF' in the headline on page 432. Plates in first state, with page numbers rather than titles, and without the publisher's imprint.Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page and forty-one plates. Collated, complete.Including the scarce two suppressed Buss plates, facing pages 69 and 74. Retaining the original half title.Plates from Phiz, who is known for illustrating many of Dickens' works, and Robert Seymour, who died whilst illustrating the work.The first edition in book form of this publishing phenomenon from Charles Dickens, his first novel credited with defining a new genre. It popularised both the serial format, and stylistic feature of the cliffhanger. In a half calf signed binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Light rubbing to back strip. Front joint starting, with board holding firm. Evidence of bookplate removal to front free endpaper and front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Discolouration and some light spotting to plates, most concentrated to frontispiece and illustrated title page. Pages otherwise generally clean and bright. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$5750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: With forty-three illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz. London. Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. MDCCCXXXVII [1837] XIV + 609 pages. Bound in full leather (dark red) with raised cords on the spine, by Riviere and Son. Gold borders on the boards.Gold lettering and decorations on the spine. Page edges heavily gilt. Some weakness to the leather at the hinges requires careful handling, but both boards remain entirely attached (but someday this will be the weakness). Marbled endpapers. Binding good and tight. Text block clean and tight and square. Engraved title page dated 1837 detached but present in the correct location. Printed title page also dated 1837. 41 engraved plates, extra illustrated with 22 more plates. All First-Issue Points present except signature E is present on page 25. This is a famously complicated first edition to identify. This copy has a note from a previous bookseller (likely close to 100 years ago), The Halle Bros. Co, detailing 42 textual variants, typos, etc. This copy sold by Halle Bros in the last century and again through Hindman Auctions in 2021. Original handwritten letter from Dickens, with envelope. The envelope is taped to the blank side of the front endpaper. It is addressed in Dickens hand and postmarked Feb 1870, with stamp. The original letter is a folded sheet of stationery with Dickens Gads Hill Place address printed on it. Power blue paper, folded in thirds. 27 lines in Dickens hand, plus bold signature and dates, etc. There are 3 strips of tape, yellowed, at the top and bottom of both the envelope and stationery page. 5 Hyde Park Place Saturday Night, February 1870 Dear Miss Huffam, I was more amazed than displeased, I beg to assure you, by finding that your friends has used my name without my knowledge. I received a letter from [?] Hurt and Rockwell of Bond Street, in- forming me that they had had the pleasure of voting for my case. I [ ? ] replied, that could not be, for I had no case. They then gave me your name. Not having the faintest idea that you were a candidate, I supposed them where fuller [?] [?] [?] touching your elder sister; and said so. Upon which they explained in detail. I was very careful to tell [next page] them immediately that there could be no question of the merits of your case, and that I knew it was a meritorious one. I mentioned this in a general way to my sister, but would on no account have done so with the least intention of making you unhappy. Faithfully yours Charles Dickens Miss Loretta Huffam Charles Dickens middle name was Huffam, so it seems likely that there is a family connection here. A gorgeous copy of Dickens first novel, with signed letter. Please email with questions or to request photos. Extra shipping will be required to pack it securely and ship safely by expedited method. [located in bottom right of vault]
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles.. The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club.. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Description: xvi, 609 pp. Frontispiece, added engraved title page, and forty-three additional illustrations, by Robert Seymour (7), the rare Robert William Buss (2) and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) (34); later issues with the publisher's imprint. 8vo, publisher's deluxe full purple morocco, gilt letterd spine; a.e.g., preserved in a custom 1/4 morocco slipcase. First edition in book form; mixed state of text. Smith Pt. One, 3; Gimbel A 16 (noting three leather bound copies inscribed by Charles Dickens). A few very minor scuffs to the surface of the leather; a beautiful copy.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles.. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.. Chapman and Hall, London., 1837.
Price: US$8373.71 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form. Octavo. pp xvi, 609. Later issue points, but the cloth conforms to Smith's description.Armorial bookplate on front pastedown and 19th century ownership signature on half-title. Occasional light foxing. Hinges cracking but tight. Covers faintly marked. Spine a bit faded. Tail of spine snagged. Very good indeed. Very scarce in the original cloth and in such bright and unsophisticated condition.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$8500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Bound in the publisher's full crushed purple morocco, all edges gilt. Stamped in gilt on the spine and with blind rules on the boards and spine. With original yellow-coated end papers. A lovely, Near Fine copy overall. One spot of offsetting on the first couple leaves, otherwise quite clean internally. The book complete and entirely unrestored. Collating [xvi], 609, [1], complete with half title and 43 inserted plates. A few of Hatton and Cleaver's first issue points to the later half of text; all plates in the Phiz states and with the later Chapman & Hall imprints. Given that the early parts continued to be reprinted (and corrected) while the later parts were produced, it is common for the cloth-bound (or publisher's morocco-bound copies) to have most of the earlier misprints corrected, as here. Dickens' first novel, showcasing his astounding talent for sketching charming, sympathetic characters, helped to launch his career. "Its main literary value and appeal was formed by its numerous memorable characters.The Pickwick Papers are mostly a series of humorous misadventures, with a bit of satire, that give some insight into the mores of Victorian society. You can witness Dickens here working on a few prototypes that will show up in later novels.you also see his social consciousness manifesting itself" (Inverarity). An important early work that remains beloved by Dickens' fans for its sensationalism and humor. Near Fine.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$9661.97 + shipping
Description: First edition, in an extremely attractive Cosway-style binding featuring an oval miniature portrait of Dickens aged 27 after the painting by Daniel Maclise. All plates are present and in their early states with page numbers as called for, but with no titles or imprints. Two plates by R. W. Buss were suppressed and the replacement illustrations by H. K. Browne ("Phiz") are present in this copy. The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens's first novel, transformed the obscure journalist into England's most famous writer within months. The first monthly instalment was issued in an edition of 1,000 copies in April 1836. The work became a publishing sensation after the introduction of Sam Weller in chapter 10, the fourth instalment, issued in July 1836, after which the publishers reprinted the earlier instalments so that readers could catch up. By the time the book publication was issued in November 1837, many textual corrections had been made. Booksellers often list numerous (and confusing) text points that might conceivably apply to a perfect set of Pickwick Papers as originally issued in parts, but all these points could never be found together in the issues in book form. The serial was originally intended to be primarily a vehicle for the cartoons of Robert Seymour, until he died by suicide after the first number was published. Robert William Buss then took over, but he was inexperienced in steel engraving and had to be replaced. The final choice, Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"), was to be Dickens's chosen collaborator for the next two decades. Smith I.3. Octavo (210 x 122 mm). Early 20th-century green full morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Charles J. Sawyer, spine elaborately gilt in six compartments, covers with gilt borders, front cover with circular red morocco onlay with Dickens's monogram in gilt, gauffered edges gilt, red morocco doublures with elaborate gilt dentelles, front doublure in Cosway-style with central oval miniature portrait of Dickens after Maclise, under glass and framed in brass, watered silk endpapers, gilt-stamped facsimile of Dickens's signature to front free endpaper. Housed in a custom green cloth folding box. Etched vignette title page, frontispiece, 41 plates by Robert Seymour and H. K. Browne. A remarkably clean and fine example with some light foxing to frontispiece and etched vignette title page, as usual, some cockling to paper lining of free endpapers, and bound without half-title.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$10000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens. First edition. In purple fine-diaper leather binding blind-stamped, blind-stamped spine lettered in gilt, pale yellow endpapers. Publisher: Chapman and Hall, London, 1837. First state of the frontispiece with Veller. Contains the two suppressed Buss plates on pages 69 and 74. All plates present and have edge darkening. Plates collated. All internal flaws collate with the Smith bibliography the exception of two. However Smith indicates that the flaws listed are limited to those found in most copies of the one-volume first edition. 609 pages. Binding is in near fine condition. Contents clean, darkening to plates noted above. A scarce original cloth and given the first issue points noted. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #C-116. Price: $10,000. Language: eng
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$11084.71 + shipping
Description: Twenty numbers as published, in the original nineteen monthly wrappered octavo parts; forty-three inserted engraved plates, including frontispiece and vignette title-page; original green printed wrappers designed by Seymour; in a custom-made quarter morocco case. A most attractive set of Pickwick in original parts, well-preserved by a series of owners, and in unsophisticated condition. Collation of a Pickwick in parts is famously laborious. There are often multiple varying states or issues of individual components, whether text, engravings, wrappers, or advertisements. Changes were made to engravings as they were reprinted, sometimes because the plates wore out, errors in the text were corrected, and changes to the wrappers were frequent to revise the advertisements that they included. Suffice to say of this set that, as with most, it is made up from different states. What is important is its impeccable original condition, as sold by the Belfast bookseller Hodgson, probably to H.W. Calmount who has boldly signed each part (presumably a Dublin reader, since there is a Calmount Park in Dublin). The exhaustive description by Hatton and Cleaver is recognised as the standard bibliographical analysis: a full collation has been prepared of the present set. In summary: Parts I-XIII are in the later or reprinted wrappers with the others in the primary wrappers. The plates are mostly in their later states (where priority is distinguished) until the tenth part, after which they are a mixture of first and second states. Most texts are in their corrected later state. Four of the seven inserted "address leaves" by the author and publisher are present. (Also present are Calmount's copies of "Illustrations to the Pickwick Club. by Samuel Weller" (E. Gratten, 1837) parts I & II, in the original green wrappers). Nowadays, as it should be, as much attention is paid to the coherence of a set and to be able to show, as with this one, that there has been no sophistication attempted. The set is as issued, as purchased serially by its first owner, and in original condition. In the past collectors have been anxious to acquire so-called "prime" sets, composed only of first states or issues of the various components. This was especially the case in the 1930s when enormous premiums were paid. Since only a few hundred copies of the first few parts were published in 1836, and those parts were later reprinted to meet demand as the novel's popularity snowballed after part IV, this is an almost hopeless ambition - at any rate to find a set issued in that form, rather than later merged or made up. Over the years collectors have exchanged parts between sets, often improving individual plates and exchanging earlier states of wrappers for older ones, thus terribly muddying the bibliographical waters. . Provenance: Hodgson, Belfast bookseller (small label on most front wrappers); each front wrapper inscribed at head "H.W. Calmount"; Arnold Greenhill (pictorial bookplate); H. Bradley Martin (emblematic bookplate, sale Sotheby's New York, 30 April 1990, lot 2766, $6,000); private collection (Australia). Some wear to a couple of spines, some stitching a little loose; the first part a little aged; generally in fine original condition.
Seller: Hordern House Rare Books, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
Price: US$45000.00 + shipping
Description: London: Chapman and Hall, 1836 [i.e., April 1836-November 1837]. [Full description available upon request] First edition, in the original monthly parts, twenty numbers bound in nineteen parts. Octavo. [i-v]vi[vii]viii-ix[x-xi]xii-xiv[xv-xvi], [1]2-609[610]. Forty-three inserted engraved plates, including frontispiece and vignette title-page, with the original plates by Seymour and Buss. And all parts are dated 1836. Parts are generally very clean and in very good condition. Some occasional toning to plates. Some spines repairs to parts V, VI, VIII, X, XIV, XVI, XVII, XVIII and XIX/XX. Small repairs to edges of front wrapper of parts XII and XIV. Previous owner's signatures to front wrapper of parts III, V, VII, IX, XI, XV and XVI. With additional typed notated sheets by Hatton included with the parts. All notes and parts housed in a quarter green morocco clamshell. All front and back wrappers are first issue, inside and out, except back wrapper of Part 1, Part II, front wrapper of Part V. All seven "Addresses" are present as called for, including the rare Seymour suicide address in Part II. There are two Part X present and included with the additional Part X including the first issue address without the "dash". Text is true first issue in all parts besides parts I, II, VIII, and IX. In part IX, Text with pg 260 and pg 267 points in first issue, but pg 261 text is second issue with X2 not N2. The first issue is extremely rare and H&C claims "This point is an extremely rare one, and has not been previously recorded. Only twice has it come under the writer's notice." Of the forty-three plates most are in first state with the exception of part I, part VI and part IXX/XX. Present part I has included with it an additional set of plates as well. In this final part, the frontispiece and Vignette title are in first state, but the two other plates are second state. With Part VI, it has the the rare first state mispaginated plate number 14, "Mrs. Leo" numbered 169 rather than 154. But with the second state of plate 15, "Seminary" correctly numbered 169. According the Hatton and Cleaver, "These mispaginated plates may be considered the rarest items in the whole realm of Pickwick." Part III contains the extremely rare first paid ad in Pickwick (and possibly first paid ad in a book), the "Toilet" ad, present in the preferred Hatton and Cleaver Variant No. 1. Part IV Has the very rare "Pickwick Advertiser" at front. Part V with Grattans ad similar to H&C but slightly different variant. Matches exactly the Bruton copy variant. Part X with the early rare "Lions of London," a definitive point of priority. And with Part XIII with rare "Pigot" ad slip which Hatton states only three copies known. Full Parts Breakdown: Part 1: Front wrapper is good Back wrapper is the H&C variant 4 (Same as wrapper for part 3) Plates- 1?- Additional plate: First or second state of First Seymour. 2- First state, 2nd Seymour- Extra plate, maybe 2nd state first Seymour 3- 2nd State, 1st Seymour. Extra plate same. 4- 2nd State, 1st Seymour. Extra plate same. Missing all ads, bound with no ads at all Pg 25/26 with Signature E and both page numbers but incorrect headline, so 3rd issue. Text mostly not 1st issue points Part 2: Front and back wrapper are H& C variant 5 (Same as part 4) Plates- 1-1st 2- 1st 3- 1st Has the extremely rare "Address" on the death of Seymour (authentic example). Text: No 1st issue points Part 3: Front wrapper correct (the rarest of the series) with illustration credit to Buss. Back wrapper correct. Lacks front ad slip. But inserted instead is H&C's ad No. 1b "The Auto-Biography of an Oil Bottle" With all plates in first state. Has the "Address" (authentic example) With the extremely rare back ad, "The Toilet," the first paid ad in Pickwick, in the preferred Hatton and Cleaver Variant 1 (but without pagination on 2-4). Text in earliest state. Previous owner's signature on top of front wrapper. Part 4: Wrappers all correct Has the very rare "Pickwick Advertiser" at front. All text 1st issue With all plates in first state, but no visual "NEMO" on "Breakdown" plate. Part 5: Front wrapper is an unknown variant. Can't find exact version in H&C. Back wrapper correct Front ad correct Back ad- with Grattans ad similar to H&C but slightly different variant. Matches exactly the Bruton copy variant. Without the folded sheet advertiser for Rowland Kalydor, but the famous Bruton- Pattersen-Newton copy was also missing the folded sheet advertiser. First issue of both plates All first issue points for text Previous owner's sig on front wrapper Part 6: Wrappers all correct No ads present Text in earliest state. With the rare first state mispaginated plate number 14, "Mrs. Leo" numbered 169 rather than 154. But with the second state of plate 15, "Seminary" correctly numbered 169. Plates are a bit toned. Part 7: Wrappers all correct With front advertiser. Without very rare rear advertiser "Phrenology" Previous owner's sig on front wrapper dated 1836 With both plates in first state, but "Phiz del" sig on first plate almost invisible Text in earliest state Part 8: Wrappers correct With front advertiser. With back advertiser. With all plates in first state Text seems to be state 2, neither imperfection in HC noted are there. Part 9: Wrappers all correct With all ads correct With front advertiser With back Chapman & Hall advertiser. With Effingham slip laid in With Orr and Co. advertiser With Jennings's slip on yellow paper. With Pink Geo Henley slip. Both plates in first issue Previous owner's sig on front wrapper Text with pg 260 and pg 267 points in first issue, but pg 261 text is second issue with X2 not N2. The first issue is extremely rare and H&C claims "This point is an extremely rare one, and has not been previously recorded. Only twice has it come under the writer's notice." Part 10: Wrappers correct With front advertiser, with early rare "Lions of London," a definitive point of priority With back ads all correct. Firs
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.