The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club Poetry With 66 illustrations engraved on

With 66 illustrations engraved on wood by G

portrait artist and patron of 'The Cycle of the White Rose'

in the original publisher's binding of gilt and brown patterned boards with brown cloth spine

by Henry Steiner

libris George Phear (1829-1918)

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club Poetry With 66 illustrations engraved onLondon: 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