The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club Poetry portrait artist and patron of

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

With 66 illustrations engraved on wood by G

libris George Phear (1829-1918)

stamps and illusts throughout

Hardback with the illustrated dust-jacket

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club Poetry portrait artist and patron ofLondon: 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