Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in book form, early issue, cut signature of the author to front pastedown, half-title, etched frontispiece, additional title and 41 plates by R. Seymour and H.K. Browne ("Phiz"), a few plates expertly laid down with repaired tears, very occasional light spotting mainly to margins of plate leaves, handsomely bound in modern gilt-stamped crimson morocco by Bayntun-Rivière, g.e., modern red cloth slip-case, one corner slightly bumped, 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1837.*** A handsomely bound copy of the first edition in book form of Dickens' first novel.