The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club management laid down to rear pastedown

laid down to rear pastedown

A VG+ copy of Welch's first collection of short stories

Half-title present

and others

vignette to the additional titlepage

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club management laid down to rear pastedownLondon: Chapman and Hall, 1856. Later edition. Engraved titlepage and frontispiece. 43 engraved plates by R. Seymour and H. T. Browne ("Phiz"). 8vo (9 x 6 ins) pp xiv, [2], 609 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full tree calf with decorative gilt border around the boards, ornate gilt spine with raised bands and gilt lettered, black morocco label. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Bookplate of noted Dickens collector J. F. Schenck plus numerous newspaper cuttings