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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

by Dickens, Charles (Illustrations by Phiz.)

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London: Chapman and Hall 1890. (Hardcover) 640pp. Very good. Aldenham Grammar School prize binding. Finely bound in tan leather with monograms on the front and back cover, spine (in 6 compartments) borders, edges and inner dentelles all tooled in gilt. Marbled endpapers and edges, 43 illustrations. 2' tear at the top front hinge repaired, shelfwear at the extremities. Mylar cover. Illustrations by Phiz. (Fiction).

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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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Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB CA (CA)
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Title
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
Author
Dickens, Charles (Illustrations by Phiz.)
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used
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Publisher
Chapman and Hall
Place of Publication
London
Keywords
Fiction
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Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Shelfwear
Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
Edges
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Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...

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