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THB1837 First Edition of Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers
Lot 186
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Europe, Great Britain, Victorian era, ca. 1837 CE. A mixed issue first edition of "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club" aka "The Pickwick Papers" by Charles Dickens, published in London by Chapman and Hall, 180 Strand, with illustrations by Seymour & Phiz, including 43 added hand-colored plates by Phiz, as well as the frontispiece and vignette title page. It also has early issue points such as "S. Veller" present on page 342, line 5. In a move familiar to modern fandom, publishers often created special editions - as this one is with its hand-colored illustrations - in order to entice buyers to purchase more than one copy. Size: 6" W x 8.95" H (15.2 cm x 22.7 cm)
"Pickwick" was Dickens' first novel. He was 24, working as a journalist and sketch writer, when the publishers, Chapman and Hall, asked him to author small comic stories based on a series of illustrated plates to be made by Robert Seymour. Dickens accepted the commission but the stories quickly took on a life of their own. Seymour illustrated the first few, and then Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne) the rest. The latter proved to be a fruitful partnership and Phiz went on to illustrate many of Dickens' books. The character of Sam Weller in Pickwick led to the book becoming a massive publishing phenomenon, with bootleg copies, joke books, and other merchandise as well as multiple unlicensed stage productions. Real Pickwick Clubs sprang up about the country, including the Pickwick Bicycle Club in London, which is still in operation, and whose members are bestowed with a name of a character from the novel.
Provenance: private Long Island, New York, USA collection
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#147527Handwritten notes in pencil from a previous bookseller are on the back of the first blank page. The book was rebound some time in the 19th century and the leather is worn at head and tail as well as rubbed along the joints. Internally very good, mostly free of spotting and foxing.Condition
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