The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1933.

Price: $100.00

Hardcover. Reprint. Two volumes. Near fine in very good dustwrapper some browning and a few chips to the spine; fair slipcase with missing top and bottom panels.

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Item #296812 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Charles DICKENS.

Charles Dickens
birth name: Charles John Huffman Dickens
born: 2/7/1812
died: 6/9/1870
nationality: Great Britain

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Biography

English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature Random Dickens trivia - the first professional baseball team was the Dolly Vardens, a Philadelphia, PA all-African-American, all-female baseball team formed in 1867 (two years before the Cincinnati Red Stockings). Their name came from a character in the Dickens's novella Barnaby Rudge. The Dolly Vardens folded after a short time due to lack of support.more

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