Author: Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870]. Laver, James - Contributor. Kanarek, Elias - Artist
Title: MR. PICKWICK In TIMBERLAND. 14 Drawings by Elias Kanarek. With a Preface by James Laver
Description: Warsaw: Published by the Polish State Forests for Private Circulation, 1937. 1st Edition (Gimbel H1093; Miller, p. 128). Off-white cards stock covers, green cord tie. 12, [2] pp of text. 14 leaves with tipped-on 4" x 3-1/4" b/w line drawing illustrations of divers Pickwickian scenes, printed captions underneath. Versos blank. 9" x 6-1/4" "This booklet, which was published .. as a means of advertising Polish timber, contains 14 of Kanarek's pen-and-ink drawings reproduced by line-photoengraving. The small plates are tip-pasted onto the leaves of the book"--Podeschi. OCLC records 7 institutional holdings, of which only 2 are in the US. Wear, soiling & staining to covers, with perforated initial to front cover & 1 cm chip from top of backstrip. Foxing to text paper. Age-toning. Old bookseller price penciled to ffep upper right corner. An About VG - VG copy.

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