Dickens Posthumous Papers of Pickwick Club

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Author: Dickens, Charles
Title: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
Place Published: London
Publisher:Chapman and Hall
Date Published: 1837
Description: xiv, [2], 609 pp. Illus. with 43 etched plates after Robert Seymour, Robert William Buss, and Hablot K. Browne. (8vo) 21x13 cm (8¼x5¼"), later half morocco & cloth. First Edition in book form.Variant A of text as noted by Hatton & Cleaver: p.341 with line 1 lacking introduced error "inbe-licate" for "inde-licate"; line 5 reading "inscription" rather than the introduced error "inscriptino"; p. 342, line 5, "S. Veller" uncorrected; first state of frontispiece with footrest containing six stripes and "Phiz fecit" undivided. Includes the Robert William Buss plates. Smith Vol. I, 3.
Condition Report: Rubbing and wear at spine and extremities; front hinge cracked through, rear cracked but holding; occasional foxing within, some toning, offset to half title; internally very good.