The second of two editions printed in London in 1765. Woodfall is listed as the second bookseller in the imprint for v. 1-2; Corbet is listed as the second bookseller in the imprint for v. 3-8; Longman does not appear in the imprint for v. 3-8; Johnson's preface is paginated continuously with other prefatory matter: [v]-clv [i.e. clxxv]; half titles present in all volumes; no cancelled leaves. and Variant with numerous differences in press figures; cf. Fleeman and Eddy. Vol. 8 extra-illustrated with 5 original watercolors, newspaper clipping and 1773 Edwards plate. Autograph in vol. 1: E. Bowright.
Publisher:
Printed for J. and R. Tonson, H. Woodfall, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, L. Hawes, Clark and Collins, T. Longman, W. Johnston, T. Caslon, C. Corbet, T. Lownds, and the executors of B. Dodd,
Vol. 1 only; armorial bookplate "The Count Batthyany" pasted on top of another bookplate; bookplate: "From the library of J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps ... which was bequeathed to his nephew and executor, Erenst E. Baker, F.S.A., January, 1889;" ms. notes of J.O. Halliwell-Phillips.
Publisher:
Printed for C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, J.F. and C. Rivington, J. Hinton, L. Davis ... [and 28 others in London],
Subject (Name):
Baker, Ernest Edward--Bookplate, Batthyány, Lajos, gróf, 1806-1849--Bookplate, Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O.--(James Orchard),--1820-1889--Ms. notes, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, and Steevens, George, 1736-1800
[Vol. 1]: lxxvii, 127 p.; v. 2: xvi, 178 p. and Bookplate of Joannis M. Berdan.
Publisher:
[s.n.]
Subject (Name):
Berdan, John Milton--Bookplate., Buckingham, John Sheffield, Duke of, 1648-1720 or 21., Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1640-1707., Dorset, Charles Sackville, Earl of, 1638?-1706., Mocatta, Cecil. fmo, and Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon, Earl of, 1633?-1685.
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--18th century. and English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700.
Pickwick club, Pickwick papers, and Pickwick papers.
Description:
BEIN Dickens 836pe: In case 24 cm. and Issued in monthly parts in green paper wrappers. Pt. VII has cover title: ... Cheap edition of the works of Mr. Charles Dickens. In weekly numbers ... and in monthly parts. The posthumous papers of the Pickwick club ... London, Chapman and Hall [etc., etc.] 1847.
"London: Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars"--T.p. verso and colophon., BEIN Gimbel/Dickens A15 11: Ms. notes by John C. Eckel. Ms. notes in another hand., Final p. blank., First issue [of no. I]: without signature E at foot of p. 25; cf. Hatton & Cleaver, p. 13., and Originally issued in 19 monthly parts, in numbered and dated wrappers, with advertising matter, from April 1836 to Nov. 1837. Title page, binder's directions and other preliminaries (p. [i]-xiv, [2]) originally at end of final part (double no. XIX-XX); added engraved t.p. at beginning of final part.