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Auction archive: Lot number 130

DICKENS, CHARLES | The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, April 1836 - November 1837

Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 130

DICKENS, CHARLES | The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, April 1836 - November 1837

Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

DICKENS, CHARLESThe Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, April 1836 - November 1837 20 parts in 19, 8vo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.; 224 x 140 mm). Half-title, engraved and printed titles, 42 engraved plates including frontispiece, by R. Seymour, R.W. Buss and Hablot K. Browne ["Phiz"]; Text: Parts 1 and 2 later issues, Part 3 early issue, pp. 51, 52, 53, 60, 61, 65, 78, Parts 4 - 10 later issues, Part 11 first issue, pp. 310, 312, 313, 315, 321, 322, 329, 331, 338, Part 12 first issue, pp.341, 342, Part 13, first issue, pp. 389, 397, 400, Part 14 first issue, p. 432; Plates: Part 1 all four “Phiz” Plates, Part 2 later impressions; Part 3 two early state 'suppressed' plates by Buss signed and paginated, Part 4 second state of the original plates, Part 5 first state, Part 6 later issues, Part 7 second state, Part 8 first state, Part 9 first state, Part 10 second plates, Part 11 second plates, Part 12 plate [343] second plate, first state, plate [358] first plate, second state, Part 13 first state, Part 14 first state, Part 15 first state, Part 16 first state, Part 17 plate [504] first state, plate [523] mixed state, bundle is corded but signature in small letters, Part 1 first state; Part 19/20 first states; Advertisements: Parts 1 - 7 without advertisements, Part 8 with 4 pp. Geo. Henekey and Company advertisement and lacking the 8pp. “Advertiser”, Part 9 without advertisements, Part 10 without advertisements but includes “Christmas Carol” 1pp. (not listed in Hatton and Cleaver), Part 11 with 8pp. The Pickwick Advertiser, Part 12 with 8pp. The Pickwick Advertiser at back and 22pp. Mechi catalogue, Part 13 with 16pp. The Pickwick Advertiser and without 4pp. Pigot, Part 14 with 24pp. The Pickwick Advertiser, Part 15 with 16pp. The Pickwick Advertiser at back and 24pp. advertisements, Part 16 with 8pp. The Pickwick Advertiser, Part 17 with 8pp. The Pickwick Advertiser and 22pp. advertisements at back, Part 18 with 16pp. The Pickwick Advertiser and 14pp. advertisements at back, Part 19/20 with 24pp. The Pickwick Advertiser, an early issue with date 1838 on p. 7 and 24pp. advertisements at back with first state 'The New Tea Warehouse'; Address: Author's Address present in Parts 2, 10 and 15, with Publisher's Address in Parts 3, 17, 18, 19/20; Wrappers: Wrappers dated 1836, wrappers for Parts 1 - 6 later issues without name of illustrator on upper cover and with later advertisements, Parts 7, 9 - 19/20 with first issue wrappers; Part 8 with later issue wrappers and with later advertisements. Some toning and foxing, offsetting of plates, some closed marginal tears. In custom green clamshell case and folding chemise. First edition of Dickens' first novel, in monthly parts “It is the fate of most men who mingle with the world, and attain even the prime of life, to make many real friends, and lose them in the course of nature. It is the fate of all authors or chroniclers to create imaginary friends, and lose them in the course of art. Nor is this the full extent of their misfortunes; for they are required to furnish an account of them besides.” The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club was initially conceived of as a series of comic sketches, written expressly to accompany monthly sporting plates by Robert Seymour Dickens had the idea for Mr. Pickwick⁠—a wealthy, retired businessman, with a penchant for good food and drink, an innocent and playful character, well-described later by W.H. Auden as "a pagan god wandering through the world imperviously". For the first month the work met with little success, but then, following the suicide of the illustrator Seymour, Dickens took over the project, altered the concept and introduced the character of Sam Weller, Pickwick's cockney servant, in Part 4, to immediate public approval. Searching for a replacement illustrator, Dickens commissioned the young "Phiz" who worked on the remainder of the work and became his most sympathetic and consistent of illustrators. From this mo

Auction archive: Lot number 130
Auction:
Datum:
6 Jul 2020 - 21 Jul 2020
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

DICKENS, CHARLESThe Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, April 1836 - November 1837 20 parts in 19, 8vo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.; 224 x 140 mm). Half-title, engraved and printed titles, 42 engraved plates including frontispiece, by R. Seymour, R.W. Buss and Hablot K. Browne ["Phiz"]; Text: Parts 1 and 2 later issues, Part 3 early issue, pp. 51, 52, 53, 60, 61, 65, 78, Parts 4 - 10 later issues, Part 11 first issue, pp. 310, 312, 313, 315, 321, 322, 329, 331, 338, Part 12 first issue, pp.341, 342, Part 13, first issue, pp. 389, 397, 400, Part 14 first issue, p. 432; Plates: Part 1 all four “Phiz” Plates, Part 2 later impressions; Part 3 two early state 'suppressed' plates by Buss signed and paginated, Part 4 second state of the original plates, Part 5 first state, Part 6 later issues, Part 7 second state, Part 8 first state, Part 9 first state, Part 10 second plates, Part 11 second plates, Part 12 plate [343] second plate, first state, plate [358] first plate, second state, Part 13 first state, Part 14 first state, Part 15 first state, Part 16 first state, Part 17 plate [504] first state, plate [523] mixed state, bundle is corded but signature in small letters, Part 1 first state; Part 19/20 first states; Advertisements: Parts 1 - 7 without advertisements, Part 8 with 4 pp. Geo. Henekey and Company advertisement and lacking the 8pp. “Advertiser”, Part 9 without advertisements, Part 10 without advertisements but includes “Christmas Carol” 1pp. (not listed in Hatton and Cleaver), Part 11 with 8pp. The Pickwick Advertiser, Part 12 with 8pp. The Pickwick Advertiser at back and 22pp. Mechi catalogue, Part 13 with 16pp. The Pickwick Advertiser and without 4pp. Pigot, Part 14 with 24pp. The Pickwick Advertiser, Part 15 with 16pp. The Pickwick Advertiser at back and 24pp. advertisements, Part 16 with 8pp. The Pickwick Advertiser, Part 17 with 8pp. The Pickwick Advertiser and 22pp. advertisements at back, Part 18 with 16pp. The Pickwick Advertiser and 14pp. advertisements at back, Part 19/20 with 24pp. The Pickwick Advertiser, an early issue with date 1838 on p. 7 and 24pp. advertisements at back with first state 'The New Tea Warehouse'; Address: Author's Address present in Parts 2, 10 and 15, with Publisher's Address in Parts 3, 17, 18, 19/20; Wrappers: Wrappers dated 1836, wrappers for Parts 1 - 6 later issues without name of illustrator on upper cover and with later advertisements, Parts 7, 9 - 19/20 with first issue wrappers; Part 8 with later issue wrappers and with later advertisements. Some toning and foxing, offsetting of plates, some closed marginal tears. In custom green clamshell case and folding chemise. First edition of Dickens' first novel, in monthly parts “It is the fate of most men who mingle with the world, and attain even the prime of life, to make many real friends, and lose them in the course of nature. It is the fate of all authors or chroniclers to create imaginary friends, and lose them in the course of art. Nor is this the full extent of their misfortunes; for they are required to furnish an account of them besides.” The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club was initially conceived of as a series of comic sketches, written expressly to accompany monthly sporting plates by Robert Seymour Dickens had the idea for Mr. Pickwick⁠—a wealthy, retired businessman, with a penchant for good food and drink, an innocent and playful character, well-described later by W.H. Auden as "a pagan god wandering through the world imperviously". For the first month the work met with little success, but then, following the suicide of the illustrator Seymour, Dickens took over the project, altered the concept and introduced the character of Sam Weller, Pickwick's cockney servant, in Part 4, to immediate public approval. Searching for a replacement illustrator, Dickens commissioned the young "Phiz" who worked on the remainder of the work and became his most sympathetic and consistent of illustrators. From this mo

Auction archive: Lot number 130
Auction:
Datum:
6 Jul 2020 - 21 Jul 2020
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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