Bloomsbury England: The Nonesuch Press, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. limited to 877 copies. Part of The Nonesuch Dickens series. spine a bit darkened. covers show slight handling. "This Edition of The Pickwick Papers, part of the Nonesuch Dickens designed by Francis Meynell......the illustrations have been pulled by hand from the original plates by A. Alexander and Sons; the binding is executed by the Leighton-Straker Bookbinding Co...." shipping will be extra, please inquire.; Limited Edition; 6 3/4 x 10 1/4

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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (commonly known as The Pickwick Papers ) is the first novel published by Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club catapulted the 24-year-old author to immediate fame. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the sportsman Winkle &, above all, by that quintessentially English Quixote, Mr. Pickwick, & his cockney Sancho Panza, Sam Weller. From the hallowed turf of Dingley Dell Cricket Club to the unholy fracas of the Eatanswill election, via the Fleet debtor’s prison, characters & incidents sprang to life from Dickens’s pen, to form an enduringly popular work of ebullient humor & literary invention The novel was published in 19 issues over 20 months by Chapman and Hall, London in 1836. After the publication the widow of illustrator Robert Seymour claimed that the idea for the novel was originally her husband's; however, in his preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens strenuously denied any specific input, writing that "Mr. Seymour never originated or suggested an incident, a phrase, or a word, to be found in the book.

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Bookseller: Chequamegon Book Company (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 84534
Title: The Pickwick Papers
Author: Dickens, Charles
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: The Nonesuch Press
Place of Publication: Bloomsbury England
Date Published: 1937
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction;

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