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DICKENS, Charles (1812–1870). A group of 3 works, including: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. Half–title, 43 engraved plates by Hablot Knight Browne (“Phiz”), Robert William Buss, and Robert Seymour (including engraved frontispieces and additional engraved title). (Marginal browning to plates). Later half morocco, marbled sides, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt–lettering and fillets in compartments, all edges gilt. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, text with most of the first issue points listed in Smith, with most plates in Smith’s first state. Gimbel A15; Smith I:3. –– The Pic Nic Papers. Edited by Dickens. London: Henry Colburn, 1841. 3 volumes, small 8vo. Three frontispieces and 11 etched plates by George Cruikshank, “Phiz” (Hablot K. Browne), and Robert Jacob Hamerton. Lacks publisher’s ads. Later half morocco, marbled sides, spines gilt, all edges gilt (few spots of rubbing near feet and bands). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with the error “publisher young” in Dickens’ Introduction in Volume I and imprint of Cox and Son on copyright in Vol. I. Gimbel B109. –– The Old Curiosity Shop. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1946. 8vo. Numerous reproductions of original illustrations by Cruikshank and others. Full red crushed morocco gilt, raised bands, gilt–lettering and tooling in compartments, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, gilt stamp–signed by Maurin. Later edition in an attractive binding. –– Together, 3 works in 5 volumes.