Charles DICKENS
The posthumous papers of the Pickwick club
Chapman and Hall|London 1837|13.50 x 21.30 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with 43 plates including a frontispiece and title-frontispiece. MCCCXXXVII on title page. 28 plates have captions while the rest have none. Our volume possesses several features attesting to the very first printing: 5 lines at bottom of page 9; p.10 last line, mark between the R and U and M of RUM; Line 29 p. 260: "holding"; p. 341 line 1: L.5 p. 341 Inscriptino; "inbe-licate"; p. 342 line 5: "S. Veller"; p. 432 the F of Posthumous papers of is poorly printed. The engraved title is in second state with Tony Weller's name above the porch, the first state having simply Veller.
Contemporary full brown calf binding. Spine with false raised bands decorated with gilt
Contemporary full brown calf binding. Spine with false raised bands decorated with gilt
€2,000
