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London: 1859.

Autograph letter signed by great Victorian novelist Charles Dickens. One page, dated Sunday, Seventeenth July, 1859, on Gad's Hill Place stationery, with a small pressed flower on the lower left hand corner. Boldly signed by Dickens with his usual flourish. The letter discusses the printing of Tale of Two Cities in monthly parts in his magazine, All the Year Round. The letter reads in part, "It is very important to me to know that we do not print too many, and also what the monthly expenses are." Being founder and editor of the magazine, Dickens was no doubt was very keen that they should avoid a surplus and possible financial losses on that account. In near fine condition with light toning and glue residue to the verso. The letter measures 5 inches by 8.25 inches. From the collection of Edith Hyde Colby (1876-1962), prominent leader in the New Jersey suffragette movement and first woman elected to the New Jersey Republican State Committee.

Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 151833

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"Yours faithfully": Autograph letter signed by Charles Dickens

DICKENS, Charles.

Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed.

London: 1860.

Autograph letter signed by great Victorian novelist Charles Dickens. One page, dated Friday 20th July, 1860, on bifolium of Gad's Hill Place stationery, and addressed to Sir Alexander Duff Gordon. Boldly signed by Dickens with his usual flourish. The letter reads in full, "When you dined at Tavistock House, you mentioned a school at Brighton of which you had a high opinion. I am looking about for a school for my two youngest boys, and should be much indebted to you if you would tell me what manner of school this is that you commended---as for example, for boys of what ages it is designed, and what the charges are. Very possibly it may be too young a school for my purpose, as I would rather place the boys where they could remain. But I am unwilling to throw a chance away. Do not mind how brief you answer. Yours faithfully Charles Dickens." From the date of the letter, the children in question seem most likely to have been Henry Fielding Dickens (born 1849) and Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens (born 1852). In near fine condition with mail folds, and tipped at head to a backing sheet. The letter measures 4.5 inches by 7 inches.

Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 148395

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"Your affectionate": Autograph Letter Signed by Charles Dickens to His Biographer

DICKENS, Charles.

Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed.

London: 1867.

Autograph letter signed by great Victorian novelist Charles Dickens to his biographer. One page, dated Monday 7th October, 1867, on Gad's Hill Place stationery, and addressed to John Forster. Boldly signed by Dickens with his usual flourish. The letter reads in full, "I have been very much interested and gratified by that pleasant Passage from Mr. Bigelow's letter concerning me. As you say you are going to write to him, pray tell him as much, and I assure him that I shall hope to become his friend on the other side of the Atlantic. Your affectionate Charles Dickens." The recipient, John Forster (1812–1876), was a prominent Victorian literary critic and biographer best known for The Life of Charles Dickens, a foundational work in nineteenth-century literary biography. As a close friend and confidant of Dickens, Forster combined privileged access to personal papers with a documentary, fact-driven approach that helped establish biography as a serious scholarly genre rather than a purely commemorative form. Double matted and framed with an engraved portrait of Charles Dickens. In very good condition. The letter measures 4.5 inches by 7 inches. The entire piece measures 20 inches by 17.5 inches.

Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 150124

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