The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, by Charles Dickens

This is a beautiful copy of The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, by Charles Dickens. 
Published in 1912 by Westminster Press: London.  11" by 8.5" viii, 584pp Weight 1.7kg without packaging.
 
Beautifully illustrated by Frank Reynolds. 
 
Original publishers binding. Bound in red cloth with gilt and black lettering to the front cover and gilt lettering to the spine. The gilt remains clear and bright. Lovely silhouette pictorial detail to the front cover framed by gilt leaves. The boards are in very good condition with only minor rubbing to the extremities. Lovely decorated endpapers which are clean and free from inscriptions. Tipped in colour frontispiece with captioned tissue guard. Lovely illustrated title page. 20 tipped in colour plates with captioned tissue guards - all present and in good condition. The pages are lightly age toned but otherwise exceptionally well preserved.  
 
DESCRIPTION 'The Pickwick Papers' was Dickens' first novel. Originally written in a serial form, the work is a sequence of loosely related adventures in 1827-8. The leader of the 'Pickwick Club' decides that he and his fellows should go and explore places remote from London, and to report their findings. Charles Dickens is one of the most popular authors of the Victorian age. His novels show the grimy side of poverty and prosperity in Victorian England, showing poor social conditions alongside repulsive characters. Illustrated by Frank Reynolds. Reynolds was a British artist who also illustrated editions of 'David Copperfield', and 'The Old Curiosity Shop', and well as contributing illustrations to 'Punch', 'The Illustrated London News', and 'London Magazine. With a colour frontispiece, and nineteen colour plates. 
 
This is an extremely good and beautifully illustrated copy of this Dickens classic. Perfect for the vintage book collector or fan of Dickens!