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

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

Hardback with the illustrated dust-jacket

libris George Phear (1829-1918)

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