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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very good/No dust jacket
- Seller
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Helena, Montana, United States
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About This Item
The Illustrated Modern Library, 1943. Illustrated. Quarter cloth with illustrated boards. Very good/No dust jacket. McKay, Donald. Very good hardcover (no dust jacket) shows mild soil to boards and page edges, bit of lean to spine, some other mild trace wear and soil, but otherwise tight and clean, in very good slipcase with illustrated label that shows rubbing and tearing at some edges and with some rubbing and soil to other areas as well. 817 pages with illustrations by Donald McKay. Still a solid copy of this ML illustrated version of Dickens's classic tale.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Barker Books & Vintage
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33056
- Title
- The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Illustrator
- McKay, Donald
- Format/Binding
- Quarter cloth with illustrated boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- The Illustrated Modern Library
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Antiques, Collectibles, Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Great Falls, Helena, Missoula, Montana, Used Books, Rare Books
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- Jacket
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- Tight
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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