DICKENS HOPES HIS GODSON WILL SAY “OH WHAT A JOLLY OLD GODFATHER!”
DICKENS
(Charles, 1812-1870, Novelist)
Superb Unpublished Autograph Letter signed with fine full signature to his Godson
most probably Charles Dickens Kneller BURNETT (1841-1881, the son of his elder sister Fanny) sending him “the desk I told you about. I hope you will like it, and find everything you want inside. Also there are three books that I think very pretty to read. Perhaps. you may not be quite old enough yet, to read them. Never mind. You will soon grow out of that, for I never knew a boy yet, who stood still in his age, or got younger. I hope you will think of me sometimes when you use the desk or read the books, and will say ‘Oh what a jolly old Godfather!’...” with a postscript under his signature “There’s a flourish for you!”, 2 sides 8vo., Devonshire Terrace, 21st June
Item Date:
1850
Stock No:
41823
£5250
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[DICKENS
(Charles, 1812-1870, Novelist)]
Fine unsigned carte de visite photo by Mason & Co
showing him three quarters length seated at a table with heavily carved legs, he is leaning back reading a book, his head is resting on his hand and he is wearing an overcoat, 4" x 2½", London, no date, circa
Item Date:
1865
Stock No:
39347
£150
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THE TWO GREATEST VICTORIAN WRITERS WRITING TO EACH OTHER
DICKENS
(Charles, 1812-1870, Novelist)
Top third of an Autograph Letter to “Dear THACKERAY”
(William Makepeace, 1811-1863, Novelist) with the date, on his headed notepaper, 4¼” x 2¼”, Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London, “Friday Twenty Eighth May”
some soiling on right hand edge
Item Date:
1858
Stock No:
42910
£975
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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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