The posthumous papers of the Pickwick club

New edition after the original of 1837 published by the same publisher, conforming in all respects to it. It is illustrated with 43 satirical captioned plates including a frontispiece and a title-frontispiece bearing the date 1837.
Later binding ca 1880 in half brown shagreen. Spine with false raised bands decorated with compartments and blind fillets. Gilt title. Browning on the verso of the half-title, otherwise very clean throughout with rare spotting. It is rare to encounter the engravings without foxing due to the paper used which is most often found heavily browned or foxed. Light traces of rubbing. Handsome copy.
The posthumous papers, like all of Dickens's works, first appeared in installments from April 1836 to November 1837, then in volume form. Written by a 24-year-old Dickens, the work propelled the writer to a glory from which he never descended. The reception of the work was immense and very popular; it was claimed at the time that only the Bible and Shakespeare's works exceeded The posthumous papers in circulation.