The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.

Pp. xiv, [2] 608. Lacking pp. 609. 43 engraved plates by R.Seymour and Phiz + Engraved frontis, foxing spots throughout. Dedication on front free end paper. Contemporary half morocco gilt over marbled boards. Raised spine bands with gilt-decorated panels, rubbed. All edges gilt. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers) is the first novel by Charles Dickens. After the publication, the widow of the illustrator Robert Seymour claimed that the idea for the novel was originally her husband's; however, in his preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens strenuously denied any specific input, writing that -Mr Seymour never originated or suggested an incident, a phrase, or a word, to be found in the book.-