Description

Hardcover, contemporary half leather with elaborately gilt and compartmentalized spine, with five raised bands. T.e.g. Marbled end-papers. 628 pages. Second edition containing an engraved title dated 1863 and a printed title dated 1864. Illustrated with 40 steel engravings by Crowquill and 33 woodcuts. First published in 1839 by Reynolds, who himself was a popular novelist of the period, and riding the wave of Pickwick popularity, the novel was reprinted several times. A clean copy with no foxing to plates or text. Old stain at very bottom fore-edge corner of engraved title. Former owner’s book plate inside front cover. Mild rubbing to covers and raised spine bands. An attractive shelf presence and a desirable addition to any Dickens collection. Very good. Podeschi H382, Sadleir 2038, Wolff 5777.