[BINDINGS]. -- [DICKENS, Charles]. FORSTER, John. The Life of Charles Dickens. -- Letters of Charles Dickens. L, 1872-1874, 1880-1882. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED. [Tipped in:] ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED BY DICKENS.
Sale 1184 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
May 11, 2023
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[BINDINGS]. -- [DICKENS, Charles]. FORSTER, John. The Life of Charles Dickens. London: Chapman and Hall, 1872-1874. -- Letters of Charles Dickens. London: Chapman and Hall, 1880-1882.
Together, 6 volumes expanded to 12, 8vo (214 x 135 mm). Half-titles in first volume of each part, titles printed in red and black, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED BY THE ADDITION OF 500 ENGRAVED PLATES. (Slight offsetting.) 20th-century green morocco gilt, sides with gilt-stamped portraits of Dickens, with gilt-stamped variations of his signature, spines gilt, wide turn-ins gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, STAMP SIGNED BY RIVIERE AND SON (minor sunning to a few volumes, very occasional scuff, otherwise fine and bright).
[Tipped in:] AN ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED BY DICKENS (“Charles Dickens”), an envelope addressed to English judge, author, and Radical politician Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795-1854) (“The Hon: / Mr Justice Talfourd / Dundee? Square”). With Dickens’ blue stamp to envelope closure.
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