Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 1 vol. bound in 2, first edition in book form, bound from original parts with wrappers and advertisements bound at rear, half-title, engraved frontispiece, additional title and 41 plates by R. Seymour and H.K. Browne ('Phiz'), extra-illustrated with c.177 plates, including 36 original watercolour plates of Pickwickian characters by Joseph Clayton Clarke ('Kyd'), the 2 suppressed plates by Buss in 2 states (one hand-coloured), 24 etched plates by F.W. Pailthorpe in 2 states (one hand-coloured), including title to his 'Illustrations to the Pickwick Club' (1882), one to vol. 2 in 3 states, and other plates by Phiz, T. Onwhyn, W. Heath and others, many hand-coloured, letterpress title dated 1887 bound at start of each vol., citing these as "Special Copy" and listing intended contents, one plate loose, a few plates and text leaves with neat marginal repairs, a few plates by W. Heath trimmed affecting caption, bound in crimson morocco by F. Bedford, tooled in gilt, some rubbing to spines and extremities, vol. 1 shallow chip to spine head, vol. 1 lower joint cracked but holding, t.e.g., 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1837.*** Provenance: Reginald William Crosse (armorial bookplate); Mary and Norman Hickman (bookplate).