Edward Chapman was a British publisher who, with William Hall founded Chapman & Hall, publishers for Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Anthony Trollope,
Chapman & Hall published Charles Dickens for much of his career
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club was the first novel by English author Charles Dickens, first published in serial form from March 1836 to November 1837. Because of his success with Sketches
Original cover issued in 1836
Master Humphrey meets Mr Pickwick, from the Master Humphrey's Clock magazine sequel