Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens

Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens - First issue in book form of The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens

Condition: Front cover detached, full leather, 5 raised bands on spine, marbled end papers.

Meets 6 of 7 of Walter Smith's 'seven unequivocal' first issue points:

• Page 260 line 29, 'hodling' for 'holding.'
• Page 267 '7' in page number slightly raised.
• Page 341 line 1: Correct reading of 'inde-licate;' line 5 correct reading of 'inscription;'
• Page 342 line 5: 'S. Veller' uncorrected.
• Page 400 line 21: 'this friends' for 'his friends.'
• Page 432 headline: 'F' in 'OF' imperfect.
• Page 25 has signature 'E'

Further points:

• lacks half-title page
• Title page vignette sign says 'Tony Veller'
• has directions to the binder and 6 lines of errata
• Page 9 has footnote
• Page 261 signature 'X2'
• Page 278 10 lines from bottom 'Samuel' for Weller
• Page 303 missing 2nd '3'
• Page 375 headline 'PICWKICK'
• Page 553 1st word of chapter 51 'Considdring'
• includes R. Buss plates facing pages 69 and 74
• plates do not have tissue

This consignment book has been exposed to cigarette smoke.