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Boz! Boz! Boz! Pickwick Papers, Carey, Lea and Blanchard have just published an illustrated edition of The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, by Charles Dickens, Esq. The numerous designs, are by Sam Weller, Jr., and Alfred Crowquill, Esq. Beautifully engraved, by Yeager, and printed on cream-coloured paper. The whole forming a splendid volume in octavo, And bound in elegant embossed cloth. To be had of all booksellers.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Misc Print Collection box 3 no 1
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carey, Lea & Blanchard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Pickwick papers.
- Dickens, Charles.
- Booksellers and bookselling--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Booksellers and bookselling.
- Publishers and publishing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Publishers and publishing.
- Publishers' catalogs--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Publishers' catalogs.
- Pickwick papers (Dickens, Charles).
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Penn Provenance:
- Dickinson College. Library (stamp) (Kislak Center copy)
- Physical Description:
- 8 unnumbered pages : illustration ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia] : Carey, Lea and Blanchard, [1838]
- Notes:
- Cover title.
- "This publisher's prospectus may be for the first American Edition of Dickens' Pickwick Papers. Also described are new editions of the Encyclopedia Americana, by Samuel Slick, Sketches by 'Boz;' illustrated by Cruikshank, and many more titles."--vendor's description.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy has Dickinson College Library stamp.
- Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2017 from Ian Brabner, Rare Americana.
- Kislak Center copy acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 1052565533
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