DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman & Hall, 1887, 2 volumes in 4, large 8°, limited to 2000 copies, this one of 500 copies with plates on India paper, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH APPROXIMATELY 300 PLATES, most engraved, a few in several states, some hand-coloured, by "Phiz", Seymour, Onwhyn, New, Leech and others, also containing 24 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR PORTRAITS OF CHARACTERS FROM THE NOVEL BY "KYD" [Joseph Clayton Clarke], nd TWO ONE-PAGE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS FROM DICKENS, finely-bound in contemporary green morocco gilt by Riviere (rebacked preserving old spines, one band damaged), original cloth wrappers for the work mounted on front pastedowns, watered-silk liners, gilt inner dentelles, t.e.g. (4)

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DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman & Hall, 1887, 2 volumes in 4, large 8°, limited to 2000 copies, this one of 500 copies with plates on India paper, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH APPROXIMATELY 300 PLATES, most engraved, a few in several states, some hand-coloured, by "Phiz", Seymour, Onwhyn, New, Leech and others, also containing 24 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR PORTRAITS OF CHARACTERS FROM THE NOVEL BY "KYD" [Joseph Clayton Clarke], nd TWO ONE-PAGE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS FROM DICKENS, finely-bound in contemporary green morocco gilt by Riviere (rebacked preserving old spines, one band damaged), original cloth wrappers for the work mounted on front pastedowns, watered-silk liners, gilt inner dentelles, t.e.g. (4)

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The first letter from Dickens, dated 148 Kings Road, Brighton, May 26, 1847, is to Erasmus Wilson, thanking him for sending a book "which I have read with the greatest interest and pleasure: and not less for the very kind and welcome note accompanying it", with envelope; the second, from 48 Doughty Street, London, "Wednesday morning", is to the Reverend R. H. Barham ["Thomas Ingoldsby"], saying: "Ainsworth and I purpose calling on you at a quarter before one to have some further conversation on the matter we spoke of yesterday. Say in a word by Bearer whether we shall put you much out by doing so."

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