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Title

The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club / by Charles Dickens ; with forty-three illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz.

Author

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Publication

London : Chapman & Hall, 1836-1837

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Additional Authors

• Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.
• Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882.
• Buss, Robert William, 1804-1875.
• Jackson, John, 1801-1848.
• Jackson, Mason, 1819-1903.

Description

20 pts. in 19 (xiv, [2], 609 p., [43] leaves of plates) : ill.; 23 cm.

Alternative Title

Pickwick Club

Note

• Each part in the original illustrated bluish green paper covers, as issued March 31, 1836-November 1837, the last a double no.; all covers dated 1836. Title page, dated 1837, and other preliminaries in pt. 19/20. Publisher's advertisements on p. [4] of covers of pts. 1-3, and on p. [2-4] of covers of pts. 4-19/20. "Pickwick advertiser" in pts. 4-19/20. Additional advertising matter in most other parts, except pt. 2; for details, cf. Eckel; Hatton & Cleaver. Cf. also A centenary bibliography of the Pickwick papers / by W. Miller and E.H. Strange. 1936. p. 1-65.
• Title on covers of parts: The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club : containing a faithful record of the perambulations, perils, travels, adventures and sporting transactions of the corresponding members.
• Statement of responsibility on covers of pts. 1-2: Edited by "Boz." With four illustrations by Seymour. Pt. 3: ... With illustrations by R.W. Buss. Pts. 4-19/20: ... With illustrations.
• Printer's imprint on p. [4] of covers of pts. 4-8, 16-19/20; also on p. [1] of covers of pts. 16-19/20.
• Illustrations: 43 prints (incl. added t.p.) : etching ; full-page. Comprise 7 ill. drawn and etched by Seymour (pts. 1-2); 2 drawn by R.W. Buss (pt. 3); and 34 drawn and etched by H.K. Browne ("Phiz") (pts. 4-19/20). The Buss plates were not etched by him; cf. Winterich, J.T. Books and the man. 1929. p. 46-47. In this issue, all are without legends; all after pt. 12 also without page nos. In pts. 1-9, plates were re-etched for later issues of parts and/or issue in book form; beginning with pt. 10, all plates were etched in duplicate, with the plates designated "B" by Johannsen also found in issue in book form. -- 1 print (on covers of parts) : wood engraving ; full-page. Signed: Seymour, del., J. Jackson, sc.; actually engraved by Jackson's brother Mason Jackson. Cf. Hatton & Cleaver, p. 22-23.
• Errata: p. [xvi].

Access (note)

• Berg Collection copies restricted access;

Indexed In (note)

• Podeschi, J.B. Dickens
• Carr, L. VanderPoel Dickens
• Eckel, J.C. First editions of Dickens
• Hatton & Cleaver. Periodical works of Dickens
• Johannsen, A. Phiz: illustrations from the novels of Dickens

Call Number

Arents BIP (Dickens, C. Pickwick 1836) 02-590

OCLC

NYPG02-B4421

Author

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Title

The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club / by Charles Dickens ; with forty-three illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz.

Imprint

London : Chapman & Hall, 1836-1837 ([London] : Bradbury and Evans)

Indexed In:

Podeschi, J.B. Dickens, A15, 2nd copy

Carr, L. VanderPoel Dickens, B13(1)

Eckel, J.C. First editions of Dickens, p. 17-58

Hatton & Cleaver. Periodical works of Dickens, p. 3-88

Johannsen, A. Phiz: illustrations from the novels of Dickens, p. 3-75

Local Note

Arents copy is described in detail in Eckel's Prime Pickwicks in parts (1928); cited there as the "Ulizio copy."

Inserted in pt. 13 at p. 398: Slip (5 x 19 cm., folded to 5 x 12 cm.) with 4-line holograph fragment beginning "... gentleman in blue, 'I think she has remarked my air and manner, Mr. Weller.'" Cf. p. 398, lines 16-19.

Provenance: The Ulizio-Grasberger-Wells-McCutcheon copy. Cf. Eckel, First editions, p. 58; Eckel, Prime Pickwicks in parts, p. 13-14; American Art Association auction cat. no. 3883 (Jan. 28-29, 1931), no. 193. Pts. 4 and 6 inscribed: "With the publisher's compliments"; with later autograph of J.M. Colchester; pt. 18 with autograph of G. Delpey.

Berg Collection holds 8 sets.

Berg Collection copy 8 donated by Michael Maxtone-Graham, May 5, 2015.

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Local Subject

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Manuscripts Specimens.

Added Author

Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836. Illustrator

Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882. Illustrator

Buss, Robert William, 1804-1875. Illustrator

Jackson, John, 1801-1848. Attributed name

Jackson, Mason, 1819-1903. Wood engraver

McCutcheon, George Barr. Former owner

Wells, Gabriel, 1862-1946. Former owner

Grasberger, George J. C. Former owner

Ulizio, B. George. Former owner

Colchester, J. M. Former owner

Delpey, G. fmo,

Research Call Number

Arents BIP (Dickens, C. Pickwick 1836) 02-590

Berg Coll Dickens Pickwick 1836