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Title

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

Author

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Publication

Calcutta : William Rushton, 1837-1838

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Additional Authors

• Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.
• Buss, Robert William, 1804-1875.
• Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882.
• Black, T.
• Bennett, J.
• Sutherland, C. J.

Description

20 pts. in 18 (2 v.) : ill.; 23 cm.

Alternative Title

Pickwick Club

Note

• Each part (no.) in the original illustrated bluish green paper covers, as issued 1837-1838 (the first and last are double nos.). Numbered: No. I & II; no. III [-X]; no. I[-VIII], vol. II; nos. XIX-XX. Title page (dated 1838) and other preliminaries in pt. 19/20.
• Publisher's notice and advertisements on p. [4] of covers of pts. 4 and 9 of v. 1, pts. 2-4 and 6, v. 2. Advertisements inserted in pt. 8, v. 1 (7 p.), pt. 2, v. 2 ([1] p.), pt. 4, v. 2 ([1] p.) and pt. 19/20 (8 p.). "Critique on the Pickwick papers, from the Englishman, Nov. 8": 6 p. in pt. 6, v. 2.
• Title and statement of responsibility 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. Edited by "Boz." With illustrations.
• Added engraved t.p. with title: The Pickwick papers.
• Imprint on covers of parts varies; most pts. have "Calcutta: Thacker; Ostell; Pittar, Lattry & Co." and names of agents in other Indian cities instead of or in addition to Rushton.
• Originally published in 20 pts. in 19: London : Chapman and Hall, 1836-1837.
• Vol. 1: vi, 308 p.; v. 2: 303 p.; [39] leaves of plates.
• Error in paging, v. 1: p. [277-280] numbered 377-380.
• Illustrations: 39 prints (incl. added t.p.) : lithograph ; full-page. Most signed "T. Black, lith."; some in v. 2 signed by J. Bennett and/or C.J. Sutherland. Copies of the etchings by R. Seymour (7), R.W. Buss (2) and H.K. Browne ("Phiz") (30) in the original English ed.; added t.p. bears imprint of original ed. Additional full-page ill. on covers of parts, lithographed by Black after the original wood engraving designed by Seymour.

Indexed In (note)

• Podeschi, J.B. Dickens
• Carr, L. VanderPoel Dickens

Call Number

Arents BIP (Dickens, C. Pickwick 1837) 02-224

OCLC

NYPG02-B2539

Author

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Title

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

Imprint

Calcutta : William Rushton, 1837-1838 (Calcutta : G. Woolaston)

Indexed In:

Podeschi, J.B. Dickens, A21, 1st copy

Carr, L. VanderPoel Dickens, B17

Local Note

Arents copy incomplete: Part 6 of v. 1 wanting (presumably included 1 plate).

Provenance: C.W. Davidson (autograph on covers of parts, some dated 1837).

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Added Author

Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836. Illustrator

Buss, Robert William, 1804-1875. Illustrator

Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882. Illustrator

Black, T. Lithographer

Bennett, J. Lithographer

Sutherland, C. J. Lithographer

Davidson, C. W. Former owner

Research Call Number

Arents BIP (Dickens, C. Pickwick 1837) 02-224