The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

E-049: Chapman and Hall. Very Good. 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. Chapman and Hall. 1837. Two Volumes. 609 pgs total. Illustrated with With 43 engraved plates by Robert Seymour and H. K. Browne. First Edition/Early issue with the following points: with signature mark "E" present on p. 25, first line of second paragraph of chapter V with "ruined wall" (p. 43,) the rare signature misprint on p. 261 reading "X2," and "holding" on p. 260.. Penny Pickwick tipped into the rear of the second volume. Bound in 20th century contemporary green leather with raised bands along the spine and gilt titles present to the spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Boards very lightly worn to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Foxing Present. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers) is Charles Dickens's first novel. He was asked to contribute to the project as an up-and-coming writer following the success of Sketches by Boz, published in 1836 (most of Dickens' novels were issued in shilling instalments before being published as complete volumes). Dickens (still writing under the pseudonym of Boz) increasingly took over the unsuccessful monthly publication after the original illustrator Robert Seymour had committed suicide. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .