DICKENS AT THE TIME WHEN ‘GREAT EXPECTATIONS’ WAS JUST COMING OUT
DICKENS
(Charles, 1812-1870, Novelist)
Fine Autograph Letter in his characteristic blue ink, with his embellished monogram ‘C.D.’ to Frederic CHAPMAN
(1823-1895, Publisher and partner in Chapman and Hall) sending “another little job for Clowes’s. It is a very short one. I have written all needful instructions fro the printer. Will you let them have a few sheets of the same paper as before, and direct them to pull three piles [?] for me (when revised) as in the other instances, and then to distribute. Speed will be a great convenience to m, as my Reading time is fast drawing on and I want the book by me any hour...” 1 side 8vo., Gads Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent, Saturday Night, 1st September
Item Date:
1861
Stock No:
42430
£4250
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[DICKENS
(Charles, 1812-1870, Novelist)]
Fine unsigned carte de visite photo by John and Charles Watkins
showing him full length seated at a table with a cloth on it, holding up a book, he is wearing a casual jacket and trousers and looking straight at the camera, 4" x 2½", London, no date circa
Item Date:
1862
Stock No:
39348
£175
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[DICKENS
(Charles, 1812-1870, Novelist)]
Fine unsigned carte de visite genuine photo,
showing him head and shoulders in an oval, looking straight at the camera, 4" x 2½", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1870
Stock No:
40824
£175
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Fine unsigned carte de visite photo by R. W. Thrupp
showing him head and shoulders, 4" x 2½", Birmingham, no date circa
Item Date:
1865
Stock No:
40825
£175
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DICKENS
(Charles, 1812-1870, Novelist)
Fine Autograph Letter signed with fine full signature to Mr Wilson,
telling him that "A highly esteemed American friend of mine, Mr Charles F. Norton - a distinguished and responsible gentleman - wishes to find a furnished house for himself and family ... I have told him of my satisfactory experience of you on all occasions and I beg you to treat him as you would myself. You could not have a better client ... you could not oblige me more than by helping him ... with as little trouble to himself (he being in delicate health just now) as possible ...", 1 side 8vo., Gads Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent, 5th November
very slightly trimmed
Item Date:
1868
Stock No:
40958
£2275
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