Pickwick Papers in the Original Parts

DICKENS, Charles. BROWNE, Hablot Knight; BUSS, R.W.|SEYMOUR, Robert.

Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With forty-three illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz [and R.W. Buss].

London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.

[i.e., April 1836-November 1837].

First edition, in the original monthly parts, twenty numbers bound in nineteen parts. Octavo. [i-v]vi[vii]viii-ix[x-xi]xii-xiv[xv-xvi], [1]2-609[610]. Forty-three inserted engraved plates, including frontispiece and vignette title-page, with the original plates by Seymour and Buss.

Original green printed wrappers designed by Seymour. Some rubbing and light wear, some parts rebacked, some light soiling, light brown stain to front wrappers of parts XI & IX, some plates foxed. Still, a very good set. Housed in full red cloth clamshell case. Case a bit worn.

Gimbel A15. Hatton and Cleaver, pp. 3-88. Johannsen, pp. 1-75.

HBS 68675.

$6,500

Part-by-part collation:

Part I: Front wrapper later issue, without illustration credit to Seymour. Back wrapper later issue. Lacks the front eight-page slip Shows signature E on p. 25 and pagination on p. 26 (earlier states extremely rare). Three plates are first state of second plate, one plate is first state of first plate. Text is second state.

Part II: Front wrapper later issue without illustration credit to Seymour. Back wrapper later issue. Lacks the extremely rare "Address" on the death of Seymour. All three plates are correct. All text points in Hatton and Cleaver second state.

Part III: Front wrapper later issue without illustration credit to Buss. Back wrapper later. Lacks all ads and slips. Has both "suppressed" Buss plates. Text points per Hatton and Cleaver in second state.

Part IV: Front wrapper later. Back wrapper later. Lacks the rare "Advertiser" at front. Both plates second state of original plate. Text points per Hatton and Cleaver in second state.

Part V: Front wrapper later state. Back wrapper later. Lacks "Advertiser." Lacks rear ads. Both plates first state. Text per Hatton and Cleaver in second state.

Part VI: Front wrapper later. Back wrapper later. Lacks "Advertiser." Both plates are second state (as usual). Text with second state points per Hatton and Cleaver.

Part VII: Front wrapper later. Back wrapper later. Lacks "Advertiser" Lacks the very rare back slip: "Phrenology Made Simple" Both plates later state. Text points in second state per Hatton and Cleaver.

Part VIII: Front wrapper later (second state). Back wrapper later. Lacks "Advertiser." Lacks back ad: "Geo. Henekey" Both plates first state. Text points in second state per Hatton and Cleaver.

Part IX: Front wrapper second state. Back wrapper second state. Lacks "Advertiser," rear ads and slip. Both plates first state. Text points in second state per Hatton and Cleaver.

Part X: Front wrapper first state. Back wrapper first state. "Advertiser" complete, first issue of "Lions of London" ad. Rear ads complete. "Address" present in second state (with the dash after "performance"). No text points. Plates are second state.

Part XI: Front wrapper correct. Back wrapper second state. "Advertiser" correct and complete. No back ads called for. Both plates second state. No text points.

Part XII: Front wrapper correct. Back wrapper correct. Lacks "Advertiser."

Has "Mechi's" slip at back. Plates in second state. Text in first state.

Part XIII: Front wrapper correct. Back wrapper correct. Lacks front ad for "Pigot's Coloured Views" (extremely rare) "Advertiser" correct and complete. Back ads are correct and complete. Both plates are from first plate. Text matches first state as called for in Hatton and Cleaver.

Part XIV: Front wrapper correct. Back wrapper correct. "Advertiser" complete. Back ad present. Both plates first state. Text is second state.

Part XV: Front wrapper correct. Back wrapper correct. "Advertiser" correct and complete. Rear ads correct and complete. "Address" to follow plates correct and complete. Both plates from second plate. No text points.

Part XVI: Front wrapper correct. Back wrapper correct. "Advertiser" correct and complete. Both plates from first plate. No text points.

Part XVII: Front wrapper correct. Back wrapper correct. "Advertiser" correct and complete. Lacks the very rare "inset" ad. Back ads correct and complete. "Address" to follow plates correct. Both plates in mixed state (#36 is first plate, #37 is from second plate). No text points.

Part XVIII: Front wrapper correct. Back wrapper correct. "Advertiser" correct and complete. Back ads four of four, correct and complete. "Address" to follow plates correct. Both plates from first plate. No text points.

Part XIX/XX: Front wrapper correct. Back wrapper correct. "Advertiser" correct and complete with "1838" corrected on p. 7 (second state). Back ads are correct and complete (second issue of "Lashmar" ad). "Address" to follow plates correct. All four plates from first plate. Prelims all present.

Price: $6,500.00

Item #68675