Pickwick Papers
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good +
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Modern Library #204. Complete and Unabridged. Later edition. No date. Red boards. Top stain blue. Book has a bumped tip and light soiling to bottom. Interior is clean.Decorative DJ has rubbing with some lose, a bit of edgewear and light soiling to back. Price clipped.
Synopsis
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
- Lindas Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001409
- Title
- Pickwick Papers
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Size
- 12mo
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About the Seller
Lindas Rare Books
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New York, New York
About Lindas Rare Books
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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