THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB BY CHARLES DICKENS 1837 FIRST EDITION

[DICKENS, CHARLES]. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, MDCCCXXXVII. [1837].

FIRST EDITION [in book form], early issue. Leather-bound, hardcover, octavo (21.5cm x 13.5cm), pp. [xiv], 609. English text with illustrations throughout. Finely bound in later full morocco, spine with gilt titles and banding, boards with gilt frames, all page edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 41 illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz (2 supressed plates not present in this copy). Printed by Bradbury and Evans, London. Condition: GOOD to VERY GOOD. A superb copy, externally remarkably well-preserved, the binding tight and clean. Contents showing varying amounts of foxing and toning but generally sound, without previous ownership markings. Scarce.