Other author/creator | Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836 illustrator. |
Other author/creator | Phiz, 1815-1882 illustrator. |
Other author/creator | Buss, Robert William, 1804-1875, illustrator. |
Other author/creator | Chapman and Hall, publisher. |
Other author/creator | Bradbury & Evans, printer. |
Uniform title | Pickwick papers |
Portion of title |
Papers of the Pickwick Club |
Abstract |
First published in serial form, "The Pickwick Papers" tells the story of Samuel Pickwick, a good natured elderly gentleman and president of the Pickwick Club. With three other members of the club, Pickwick travels around the English countryside, where he becomes caught up in a series of comic adventures, from romantic and legal misunderstandings. Although light in tone, the novel foreshadows the social concerns that would emerge in Dickens' later work. |
Local note | Joyner Rare copy imperfect: contains 42 plates only. Lacking plate engraved by Buss and added engraved title page present in some copies. Lacking pages 9-10 and 15-16. |
General note | Date in roman numerals. |
General note | Errata: p. [xvi]. |
General note | Originally published in 20 numbers, bound in 19 monthly parts, April 1836-November 1837, the last part forming a double number. It was first published in book form on November 17, 1837. |
General note | Includes illustrations by Hablot K. Brown ("Phiz"). |
References |
Carr, L. VanderPoel Dickens Collection (1968 ed.), B16 (binding variant) |
Acquisitions source |
Joyner Rare copy Gift of Anonymous, 9/2018 |
Issued in other form | Online version: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Posthumous papers of the Pickwick club. London : Chapman and Hall, 1837. (London : Bradbury and Evans, Printers.) |
Genre/form | Fiction. |
Genre/form | Humorous fiction. |
Genre/form | Humorous fiction. |
Genre/form | Parts (Publishing) |
Genre/form | Part-issued books in volume form (Publishing) |
LCCN | 04022065 |
Standard identifier# |
urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10753446-6 |