DICKENS, Charles. Mr. Pickwick. Illustrated in Colour by Frank Reynolds RI. NY & London: Hodder and Stoughton [1910]. 4to, xvi 175pp. Red cloth pictorially stamped in gilt, black and white. 25 color plates. Bookplate. Spine ends and corners minutely rubbed, top edge a tad foxed, 1½-inch triangular piece excised from upper corner of blank rear free endpaper, else a clean, bright copy with cover stamping amazingly fine and sharp.

First edition. A lavishly illustrated and oversized volume of selections from Charles Dickens’ first novel, being a collection of loosely related adventures of The Pickwick Club, detailing various members travels across the English countryside. Frank Reynolds’ gorgeous watercolor illustrations bring Dickens’ words to life.