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Advertisment for The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, sold by the Nelson Library mb-code AALQ001292 The queen opens the firstAdvertisment for The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, sold by the Nelson Library, 1912. The Pickwick Papers, Dickens' first novel, was first published in 1839. A print from The Bookman, February 1912.