CHARLES DICKENS - PAPIERS PICKWICK - ventes exceptionnelles PREMIÈRE EDITION - 1837 - TISSU ORIGINAL - RARE

For sale is a rare and desirable very rare first edition of The Pickwick Papers. Bound from the original parts and the plates predominantly in the earliest states. Complete. By Charles Dickens. Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1837. A full suite of plates by Seymour and Phiz, as called for. Many of Smith's text points here present.

Bound in the publisher's original slate-grey cloth, with panels in blind to the boards. Original yellow endpapers. The title in gilt to the spine.

Externally the binding remains in fair order: the cloth shows extraneous rubbing and some nicks. The spine repaired, and strengthened to the hinges.

Internally, save the odd spot/mark here and there, the textblock is bright, and the pages are in excellent condition. The plates certainly far brighter than usually encountered.

Overall, we highly recommend this truly lovely example; an important early work in the majestic career of Dickens, this is a must-have for those who seek a first edition, in the original cloth binding.