First edition: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens. Published 1837 by Chapman and Hall. (Full pebbled leather). 5.5 x 8.5 The following first edition points are noted: Errata present. p9/footnote present. p10/mark between “r” and “u” of “rum” at bottom of page. p303/second “3” present in page no. p341/line 1-“inbelicate”; line 5-“inscriptino.” p342/line 5-“S VELLER” uncorrected. p375/header imprinted “PICWKICK.” No captions on illustrations, only page numbers. OTHER: p26/Header: “POSTHUMOUS PAPERS, &c. Fifty lines to a page (reduced to 49 in later editions). WELLER on illustrated title page. Forty-three illustrations (including frontispiece and first title page). Combination leather and pebbled leather cover. Book was published in the past at The Old Curiosity Shop in London, immortalized by Dickens (still retains loose store label.)

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Front cover hanging by a single binder’s string. Rear hinge cracked but seems solid. cover. Front cover hanging by a single binder’s string. Rear hinge cracked but seems solid. Tips worn through. Worn through at many edges. Four slightly raised bands on spine with title panel still vivid gilt. Frontispiece page with small repaired tear at bottom. Very small tear to bottom of illustrated title page. Minor foxing and edge toning to illustration pages. Page 609 with repaired 4” tear. Text block complete and solid (609 pages).