The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-three Illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz [pseud.].

Collections:

In the Company of Good Books

View in catalog:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/99110739903506421

Language:

English

Creator:

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

Call number:

Dickens 386
Dickens 387
Dickens 388
Dickens 389

Extent:

20 parts in 19 (xiv, [2], 609 p.). Front., plates. 22.5 cm.

Format:

Book

Publisher:

London: Chapman and Hall [1836]-37

Author:

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

Date:

1836

Identifier:

ark:/88435/dc3484zv25g

Range label:

Logical

References:

Princeton copy 1: Wainwright (Parrish), Dickens, 386
Princeton copy 2: Wainwright (Parrish), Dickens, 387
Princeton copy 3: Wainwright (Parrish), Dickens, 388
Princeton copy 4: Wainwright (Parrish), Dickens, 389

Description:

Added t.p., engraved. The inn sign reads: Tony Veller. The plate is signed: Phiz. fecit.
Monthly numbers, April 1836 - May 1837, July - Nov. 1837.
Princeton copy 1: Pale greenish blue illustrated (by Seymour) wrappers, all dated 1836. On outside front wrapper: Edited by "Boz." On outside front wrapper of Nos. I and II: With Four Illustrations by Seymour.; on No. III: With Illustrations by R. W. Buss.; on No. IV and all numbers following: With Illustrations. Brackets around the imprint of Bradbury and Evans on Nos. XIX and XX remain. Nos. I-III, adverts. on outside back wrapper only; No. IV and all numbers following, adverts. on inside front and inside and outside back wrappers. The inside front and inside back wrapper of No. VIII are second issue.
Princeton copy 1: The text agrees with Hatton and Cleaver, with the following exceptions: No. I, p. 25 has signature e; No. VI, p. 161, line 29, the words "Weller the" are not run together; No. VII, p. 202, line 30, date is "Sept. 28" not "Sep. 28"; No. VIII, p. 233, line 8, there are no quad marks; No. X, "Address" has a dash at end of fourth paragraph.
Princeton copy 1: For inserted adverts. there are only a few differences from Hatton and Cleaver. In the "Advertiser" in No. IV, p. [2], "Mr. Macrone" instead of "Mr Macrone," and p. [3] and [4], "Mr. Murray's List" instead of "Mr Murray's List." In No. V the press criticisms in the Grattan advert. are not dated. In the "Advertiser" in Nos. XIX-XX, p. [7], "The Comic Annual" heading is correctly printed, while in the Lashmar & Bellingham advert. "The New Tea Warehouse" is in one line and the prices in blackfaced type.
Princeton copy 1: No. III has "The Toilet" advert. In No. XII the wrappers of "Mechi's Catalogue" are printed in brown and yellow. In No. XV the Beulah Spa advert. is printed on green paper. In No. XVII the sixth line of heading in the tea advert. is in solid-faced type. In No. XVIII the prices in the tea advert. are in small type, while the "Simpson's" advert. is variant 2. In Nos. XIX-XX the "Simpson's" advert. is variant 1, the fifth line in the Neill advert. is in solid-faced caps, and the wrappers of "Mechi's Catalogue" are printed in green and yellow.
Princeton copy 1: In No. XIV there is a fairly large hole in the first leaf of the Baldwin and Cradock advert., with loss of text; a perfect copy of the conjugate first and last leaf of the advert. is laid in.
Princeton copy 1: At the head of the outside front wrapper of Nos. II, III, VII, XI, XV, and XVI is written: Lieut Steele; of Nos. IV-VI, VIII-X, XII-XIV: R C Vaux; of Nos. XVII and XVIII: M J Vaux and M. J. Vaux respectively; and of Nos. XIX- XX: Mrs. Vaux. Publication dates are also written at the head of the outside front wrapper of Nos. II, VIII-X, XII-XIV, and XVII-XIX/ XX. There is no name or date on outside front wrapper of No. I.
Princeton copy 1: This is the MacGeorge-Sawyer copy, a "Prime Pickwick." (John C. Eckel, Prime Pickwicks in Parts, New York and London, 1928.)
Princeton copy 2: Wrappers as Copy 1. The text agrees with Hatton and Cleaver, with the following exceptions: No. i, p. 25 has signature e; No. vii, p. 202, line 30, date is “Sept. 28,” not “Sep. 28”; No. viii, p. 233, line 8, there are no quad marks; No. ix, p. 261, signature is “x2”; No. x, “Address” has a dash at end of fourth paragraph. For inserted adverts, there are only a few differences from Hatton and Cleaver. In the “Advertiser” in No. iv, p. [2], “Mr. Macrone” instead of “Mr Macrone,” and p. [3] and [4], “Mr. Murray's List” instead of “Mr Murray's List.” In No. v the press criticisms in the Grattan advert. are not dated. In the “Advertiser” in No. x, p. [10], “The Poetic Wreath” advert. in place of announcement of “No. 1 of The Lions of London.” In the tea advert. in No. xviii some of the prices are in small type and some in black-faced type, and there are other typographical differences from the advert. in Copy 1. In the “Advertiser” in Nos. xix-xx, p. [7], “The Comic Annual” heading is correctly printed, while in the Lashmar & Bellingham advert. “The New Tea Warehouse” is in one line and the prices in black-faced type. No. iii has “The Toilet” advert. In No. xii the wrappers of “Mechi's Catalogue” are printed in brown and yellow. In No. xv the Beulah Spa advert. is printed on green paper. In No. xvii the sixth line of heading in the tea advert. is in solid-faced type. In No. xviii the “Simpson's” advert. is variant 1. In Nos. xix-xx the “Simpson's” advert. is variant 3, the fifth line in the Neill advert. is in solid-faced caps, and the wrappers of “Mechi's Catalogue” are printed in two shades of blue. At the head of the outside front wrapper of Nos. i-iii is written: R C Vaux; of Nos. iv, vii, viii, x, xii-xvi, xviii, xix/xx: E. Jones Esqr.; of No. xi, in a different hand: E Jones Esq; of No. v: Acken [?]. There is no name on outside front wrapper of Nos. vi, ix, and xvii. This is the Jupp-Kern-Bandler-Taylor copy, a “Prime Pickwick.” In a case with bookplate of Jerome Kern.
Princeton copy 3: Wrappers as Copy 1, except for the following differences. The text and cover design of No. VIII are set lower on the wrapper, with the result that the date at the foot does not appear. On outside front wrapper of No. I: With Four Illustrations. By Seymour.; on No. II: With Illustrations, by Seymour. Nos. I and III, adverts. on outside back wrapper only; all other numbers, adverts. on inside front and inside and outside back wrappers. The advert. on outside back wrapper of No. I is for No. III of "The Library of Fiction." The adverts. on inside and outside back wrapper of No. II are the same as those on No. IV. The adverts. on wrappers of all other numbers agree with Hatton and Cleaver. The text agrees with Hatton and Cleaver, with the following exceptions: Nos. II, V, and XIII have none of the first issue points; No. VII, p. 202, line 30, date is "Sept. 28," not "Sep. 28"; No. VIII, p. 233, line 8, there are no quad marks; No. ix, p. 261, signature is "X2". Two agreements with Hatton and Cleaver should be noted: No. I, p. 25 has no signature; No. X, "Address" has no dash or other punctuation at end of fourth paragraph. For inserted adverts. there are a number of differences from Hatton and Cleaver. No. I lacks the Chapman and Hall advert. In the "Advertiser" in No. IV, p. [2] and [3] are transposed; original p. [2], "Mr. Macrone" instead of "Mr Macrone," and original p. [3] and [4], "Mr. Murray's List" instead of "Mr Murray's List." No. V lacks the "Advertiser" and other adverts. No. VI lacks the "Advertiser." No. VII lacks slip to follow text. In No. VIII the "Advertiser" lacks p. [3-6], and the wine merchants advert. is lacking. In No. IX the "Advertiser" lacks p. [7-10], the Effingham Wilson advert. is lacking, while the Orr advert. comes at the end. In the "Advertiser" in No. X, p. [10], "The Poetic Wreath" advert. in place of announcement of "No. 1 of The Lions of London." The "Advertiser" in No. XI lacks p. [3-6]. In the "Advertiser" in No. XII p. [4] is p. [2], while p. [2] and [3] are now [3] and [4]. No. XIII lacks inset preceding "Advertiser" and "Argyll Rooms" advert. No. XV lacks "Caledonia Illustrata." In the Amesbury advert. in No. XVII Fig. 3 precedes Figs. 1 and 2. In Nos. XIX and XX in the Lashmar & Bellingham advert. "The New Tea Warehouse" is in one line, but the prices are in both small and black-faced type, while the "Simpson's" advert. and "Mechi's Catalogue" are lacking. Nos. II, III, XIV, and XVI agree with Hatton and Cleaver. It should be noted that in the "Advertiser" in Nos. XIX and XX, p. [7], "The Comic Annual" heading has the misprinted date. No. III has "The Toilet" advert. In No. XII the wrappers of "Mechi's Catalogue" are printed in brown and yellow. In No. XV the Beulah Spa advert. is printed on pink paper. In No. XVII the sixth line of heading in the tea advert. is in solid-faced type. In No. XVIII the prices in the tea advert. are in small type, while the "Simpson's" advert. is variant 1. In Nos. XIX and XX the fifth line in the Neill advert. is in openletter caps. On the outer margin of the outside front wrapper of Nos. XIII and XIV is written: P W Smith Esqr Water St; at the head of the outside front wrapper of No. XII: Marq of Normanby. Pasted at head of outside front wrapper of No. IX is a small printed label: Sold by J. H. Hoppe 79, Strand.
Princeton copy 4: Wrappers as Copy 1, except for the following major differences. On outside front wrapper of all numbers: With Illustrations. Nos. II, X, VII, and VIII, adverts. on outside back wrapper only; adverts. on inside front and inside and outside back wrappers of all other numbers. The adverts. on wrappers of Nos. IX, X, XIII-XVII, and xix/xx agree with Hatton and Cleaver; those on wrappers of all other numbers differ. The text of Nos. I-VII has none of the first issue points listed by Hatton and Cleaver. The text of the other numbers agrees with Hatton and Cleaver, with the following exceptions: No. I, p. 25 has signature e; No. II lacks "Address" written by Dickens; No. ix, p. 261, signature is "X2", and p. 267, figure 7 in pagination is not raised; No. X, "Address" has a dash at end of fourth paragraph. For inserted adverts. Nos. VIII, X, XI, XIV, and XVI agree with Hatton and Cleaver. The following numbers agree, with certain exceptions: No. IX lacks Effingham Wilson advert.; No. XIII lacks inset preceding "Advertiser"; No. XV lacks specimen plate for "Scotland Illustrated"; No. XVII lacks Fig. 3 in Amesbury advert.; No. XVIII lacks "Advertiser"; in the "Advertiser" in Nos. XIX-XX, p. [7], "The Comic Annual" heading is correctly printed. Nos. I-VII and xii have no inserted adverts. In No. XV the Beulah Spa advert. is printed on gray paper. In No. XVII the sixth line of heading in the tea advert. is in solid-faced type. In No. XVIII the prices in the tea advert. are in black-faced type, while the "Simpson's" advert. is variant 4. In Nos. XIX-XX in the Lashmar & Bellingham advert. "The New Tea Warehouse" is in two lines, with the prices in blackfaced type, the "Simpson's" advert. is variant 1, the fifth line in the Neill advert. is in solidfaced caps, and the wrappers of "Mechi's Catalogue" are printed in green and pink. At head of outside front wrapper of Nos. III, IV, and VI is written: Mr Simsbury [?]; of No. IX: Mr. Wingate; of No. X: Andrew Wingate [in pencil]; of No. XI: Mr. Nevins; of No. XIV: A. Wingate Esqr [in pencil]; of No. XVI: A. Wingate [in pencil]; of No. XVIII: W. Also written vertically on outside front wrapper of No. XVIII: P. W. Smith Esqr. Water St[.] Several of the numbers have been doctored, while Nos. XIX-XX lacks backstrip. Bookplate of C. K. Murchison in Nos. II, VII, and XII.