[DICKENSIANA] An Exhibition of Relics and Furniture Belonging to Charles Dickens

by [E. P. Dutton and Co.]

$250 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

New York: E. P. Dutton and Co, 1927. First Edition. Staplebound. Very good +. Thin 12mo, 15pp., illustrated. Very good or better in the publisher's stapled printed wraps. Staples rusted and the binding rather tender, but sound. Contents clean and sharp. An illustrated exhibition catalogue for this unique offering of some important household and office items from Charles Dickens, offered alongside some first edition and handsomely bound collections by E. P. Dutton, the American publisher (back when a new book publisher might also sell things of this kind to the public). Included herein are such varied items as his travel desk, an ink well, a soup ladle, a hat brush, and a set of six chairs which had been sold from his estate at Gad's Hill. Each item is priced (some items as little as $100, others more than $3,000), and each is advertised as being accompanied by an affidavit attesting to the provenance. A wonderful little catalogue, which evidences the superstar status of Dickens in the world of bibliophilia during the early 20th century in America. Retain by five esteemed libraries, according to OCLC, each with extensive Dickens collections. Scarce in the trade, and at home in any Dickens collection. Per Yale's website, their copy is in the Gimbel Collection (naturally), though it does not appear in the exhaustive published catalogue.

• Publisher: E. P. Dutton and Co
• Year: 1927
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: unknown

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