Author: DICKENS, CHARLES
Title: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club; Set of Two Volumes (The Lombard Street Edition of the Novels of Charles Dickens)
Description: London, The Piccadilly Fountain Press. 1932. Hardcover. Ill.: Seymour, R.; Buss, R. W.; "Phiz". Used, Original gilt lettered green cloth. With 43 illustrations by R. Seymour, R. W. Buss and "Phiz" after the original engravings plus reproductions of parts of the manuscript. Volume 1 no longer has a dust jacket and its rear board is noticeably stained and spotted. Light bumping to head and foot of spines, lower edge of rear board of volume 2 (cloth cover is slightly split), leading corners and lower inside corner of vol. 2. Minimal rubbing to the extremities, and the spines remain very tight indeed. Volume 2's blue dust jacket is grubby and water damaged with significant wear and chipping and tears along the edges. Age spotting to page block, endpapers and plates. All of the pages are intact. Age stain on endpapers. Text remains clear, and binding is tight throughout. Pages are slightly tanned. Page edges are roughly cut. Many sections in Vol 2 are uncut. Some light foxing to page edges. Overall in pretty good shape. T. Good/Good.

Keywords: Seymour, R. ; Buss, R.W. ; "Phiz"


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