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SIBSON (THOMAS) Sketches of Expeditions, from the Pickwick Club, 1838; Pic Nic Papers, 3 vol., 1841 (4) image 1
SIBSON (THOMAS) Sketches of Expeditions, from the Pickwick Club, 1838; Pic Nic Papers, 3 vol., 1841 (4) image 2
SIBSON (THOMAS) Sketches of Expeditions, from the Pickwick Club, 1838; Pic Nic Papers, 3 vol., 1841 (4) image 3
CHARLES DICKENS: THE COLLECTION OF W.H. COLLIS OF LIVERPOOL
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SIBSON (THOMAS)
Sketches of Expeditions, from the Pickwick Club, Henry Colburn, 1841 (4)

1 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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SIBSON (THOMAS)

Sketches of Expeditions, from the Pickwick Club, 10 etched plates by Sibson without captions, each with letterpress descriptions extracted from Pickwick, some oxidisation at edges of plates, typed label pasted in on title partially obscuring 2 words, and Collis's noted loosely inserted, publisher's light green pictorial wrappers ("Sibson's Racy Sketches of Expeditions..."), frayed at edges, spine and corners of lower cover defective, preserved in paper wrapper (titled in ink by Collis followed by the word "untouched"), later red cloth chemise and slipcase with gilt-lettered spine, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1838--The Pic Nic Papers by Various Hands. Edited by Charles Dickens, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, first issue of volumes 1 ("publisher young" on p.3 of Introduction and Cox's imprint on verso of title) and 2, second issue of volume 3 (but with a first issue title-page loosely inserted), etched frontispieces and 11 plates by Cruikshank, H.K. Browne ["Phiz"] and R.J. Hammerton, 8pp. publisher's advertisements dated May 1841 at the end of volume 2 and 4pp. at the end of volume 3, slight oxidisation mainly at edges of plates, untrimmed in publisher's pea-green fine-ribbed cloth tooled in blind with design of acanthus leaves, spines lettered in gilt, pale yellow endpapers, some fading at edges and to spines, corners bumped, front hinge of volume 1 split [Eckel 143ff; Sadleir 703], 8vo, Henry Colburn, 1841 (4)

Footnotes

The pictorial title to Sibson's 'Racy Sketches', one of several rare works illustrated by Sibson, depicts Dickens standing on Mr. Pickwick's head, holding above it a large quill pen.

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