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Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "Pickwick papers" illustrated by Frank Reynolds, one of 350 signed by the artist and in original pictorial vellum.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Charles Dickens. Mr. Pickwick. Hodder & Stoughton [1910], London, 1910.
Price: US$353.75 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A beautifully illustrated, limited edition of selected pages from 'The Pickwick Papers,' signed by the artist. Selected papers from the first Charles Dickens' novel, with colourful and beautiful illustrations by Frank Reynolds. The first real publishing phenomenon, with copies, theatrical adaptations, and other merchandise, here beautifully presented in a large paper, limited edition of three-hundred-and-fifty copies printed, of which this is number sixty-one. Signed by the artist to the limitation page, bound in attractive full vellum.The story follows the adventures of Samuel Pickwick, the founder of the Pickwick Club, as he and three other members venture to London to report their findings.Collated, complete with twenty-five tipped in colour plates by Frank Reynolds. In the original publisher's full vellum binding. Externally lovely with only minor soiling and marking to boards and spine, boards lightly warped. Lacks the fragile ties as usual. Signed by artist to limitation page. Cecily Mary Severne bookplate to front pastedown, Amanda Caroline Severne bookplate to front free endpaper. Minor cockling to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Collated, complete with twenty-five tissue guarded tipped in colour plates by Frank Reynolds. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom