DICKENS, Charles.

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition. 8vo. (iii)-xiv, (2), 609, (1) pp, bound without the half title. Later dark green full calf, all edges gilt. Frontispiece, title vignette (on which the sign title reads "Tony Veller") and 41 plates. Some foxing to the plates, relatively minor compared to other copies we have seen, very good overall. Smith, I, 3. A mixed early issue with all but a small handful of the bibliographer's issue points, a few others indeterminate. Plates 10 and 11, facing pp. 73 and 76, in the second states by Phiz and not Buss. Item #51650

Price: £375.00