The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, with Forty Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and "Phiz
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
193, Piccadilly, London: Chapman and Hall, 1887. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Seymour, R. and "PHIZ. Complete with 43 Engraved Illustrations by Phiz and Seymour, printed as Plates on one side of the thicker white paper (Bradbury, Evans and Co. Printers). Green cloth cover with blind stamped decoration to front and rear. Blind stamped raised bands & compartments design to spine with gilt lettering. 9" Tall. Dedicatory page dated 1887. 2 small closed tears on sides of spine, a small piece of cloth missing from very bottom (see photo) and a little fraying to very top. Pages generally in nice, clean condition, only some light foxing to a few pages. Binding a little fragile, hinges sound. Bequest inscription on title page dated 1915. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006558
- Title
- The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, with Forty Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and "Phiz
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Illustrator
- Seymour, R. and "PHIZ
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- 193, Piccadilly, London
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS/ILLUSTRATED BOOKS/CLASSICS/LITERATURE/DICKENS/PICKWICK PAPERS/PICKWICK CLUB/PHIZ/SEYMOUR
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Cornish Books
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Penzance, Cornwall
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