DELVES-BROUGHTON
(Josephine, b. 1916, the novelist 'John Bryan')
Autograph Letter Signed on postcard to Eileen Cond,
saying she has "been in Switzerland in this beautiful place for the past few months ... If you send 'Andria' here, please send it as printed matter ... with open ends ... then it won't take longer than 4 or 5 days, and we shall not have to pay duty on it", she returns to England in February, 1 side 8vo, vignette photo of Bad Ragaz on verso, c/o H.E. Minister Danielsson, Nova Casa, Locarno, Switzerland, 14th January
Item Date:
1947
Stock No:
17047
£15
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DENT
(Alan, 1905-1978, Drama Critic)
Waspish Typed Letter Signed and Subscribed to John M. Gwynne Hughes,
saying he was "enthralled by your experiences" but "most of all ...overwhelmed by the honour of being added" to his collection of autographs, though Dent "cannot forbear adding a superfluous 'l' to my first name, since you do the same to T.S. Eliot and Dame Madge Kendal ...", ending in his own hand "therefore I feel bound to sign myself Allan Dent instead of Alan Dent", 1 side 8vo, 33 King Street, Covent Garden, W.C.2., 14th May
tiny closed tear in one blank edge
Item Date:
1948
Stock No:
56491
£65
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[DICKENS
(Charles, 1812-1870, Novelist)]
Engaging photograph showing Dickens, seated full length,
reading to his daughters Mamie and Katey, Mamie stands behind, Katey sits by him, on the lawn at Gad's Hill Place, taken about 1860, this print with a typeset title below 3½" x 2½", no date, circa
Item Date:
1900
Stock No:
53427
£75
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DICKENS’S 1867 TOUR OF AMERICA
DICKENS
(Charles, 1812-1870, Novelist)
Engraved invitation to Dickens's farewell dinner prior to his departure for America
“Dinner given to Mr Charles Dickens on the occasion of His Departure for the United States, Freemason’s Hall, Great Queen St, Saturday, November 2nd 1867, Seven o’clock...”, the tickets are priced at One Guinea each, this one is numbered 39, 4½” x 3”, no place
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
41977
£575
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DICKENS
(Monica Enid, Mrs. R.O. Stratton, 1915-1992, M.B.E., Novelist, author of the 'Follyfoot' books, founder of The Samaritans in the U.S.A.)
Autograph Letter Signed 'Monica Stratton' to Eileen Cond,
thanking her for writing, and returning her bookplate signed, 1 side 8vo., 3326 Volta Place, N.W., Washington, D.C., no date, c.
Item Date:
1960
Stock No:
50623
£25
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