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This is an historically important letter written and signed by the Marquis de Lafayettein 1803. It is a folded letter with nearly two and a half s...

This is a folded letter hand-written and signed by the Marquis de Lafayette in 1826, it is addressed to General Miollis (“A Monsieur le general Mi...

Framed portrait of Lord Nelson and a letter written and signed by him in 1801, and it turns out the letter has a lot of history. The portrait read...

The Pickwick Papers was Charles Dickens’ first novel. The full title was “The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, and it was originally publis...

This is a second lot of Dickens’ The Pickwick Papers, this one with the original monthly  parts bound in book form, and the same print history as ...

An Index to Pickwick. By C. M. Neale. London: Printed For The Author By J. Hitchcock, Streatham. 1897, and bound-in is an Addenda before the title...

The Village Coquettes: A Comic Opera In Two Acts. By Charles Dickens, With Music By John Hullah. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. 1...

Master Humphreys Clock, By Charles Dickens, With Illustrations By George Cattermole and Hablot Browne, London: Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand, MDCC...

American Notes For General Circulation. By Charles Dickens. In Two Volumes. London: Chapman And Hall, 186, Strand. MDCCCXLII [1842], first edition...

The Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit. By Charles Dickens. With Illustrations By Phiz. London: Chapman And Hall, 186, Strand, MDCCCXLIV [18...

The Cricket On The Hearth, Fairy Tale Of Home, By Charles Dickens, London: Printed And Published For the Author, By Bradbury And Evans, 90, Fleet ...

Dealings With The Firm Of Dombey And Son, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation, By Charles Dickens, With Illustrations By H.K. Browne, London: B...

Dombey And Son, By Charles Dickens, With Illustrations By H. K. Browne. London: Bradbury And Evans, 11, Bouverie Street. 1848, imprint of Bradbury...

Bleak House, By Charles Dickens, in the original monthly parts as issued, complete with the original 20 parts bound in 19, in blue wrappers, with ...

Little Dorrit, By Charles Dickens. With Illustrations By H.K. Browne. London: Bradbury & Evans, Bouverie Street. Agents: J. Menzies, Edinburgh; Mu...

A Tale Of Two Cities, By Charles Dickens, With Illustrations By H. K. Browne, London: Chapman And Hall, 193, Piccadilly; And At The Office Of All ...

Our Mutual Friend, By Charles, Dickens, in the original monthly parts as issued, complete with the original 20 parts bound in 19, in the original ...

The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, By Charles Dickens, With Illustrations. London: Chapman & Hall, 193, Piccadilly, Advertisements to be sent to the Publ...

This is the second of two sets of The Mystery of Edwin Drood that are in the auction; it is housed in a green custom slipcase, to distinguish itse...

These are two volumes of first edition Christmas books by Dickens in a custom-fitted slipcase. The first is The Chimes: A Goblin Story Of Some Bel...

Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, Edited by “Boz.” With Illustrations by George Cruikshank. In Two Volumes, London, Richard Bentley, New Burlington Stre...

The Life Of Charles Dickens, By John Forster, London: Chapman And Hall, 193, Piccadilly 1873 - 1874, in three volumes, with the imprint of Bradbur...

The Life Of Charles Dickens, By John Forster, London: Chapman And Hall, 193, Piccadilly 1872 - 1874, in three volumes, tenth edition, bound by Mor...

The Letters Of Charles Dickens, Edited By His Sister-In-Law And His Eldest Daughter. In Three Volumes, London: Chapman And Hall, 193, Piccadilly 1...

Child Characters From Dickens Re-told For Children By L. L. Weedon, With 6 Color Plates And 70 Half-Tone Illustrations By Arthur A. Dixon, Publish...

This is one lot with four books by Charles Dickens all related to Christmas. a) A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, New York & London, G.P. Putnam...

The Dickens- Kolle Letters, Edited by Harry B. Smith, New York, Supplemental To The Letters From Charles Dickens To Maria Beadnell, Printed For Me...

Selections FromThe Writings Of John Ruskin 1862, Dickens’ own copy, with the bookplate and library plate of Charles Dickens. This book was written...

Recollections Of The Table-Talk Of Samuel Rogers, To Which Is Added Porsoniana, London: Edward Moxon 1856, Second Edition, with the bookplate and ...

This is an original check signed by Charles Dickens on June 1st, 1859 (“the First June 1859”). The check number was GN01531 and was written to pay...

Charles Dickens Old Sheffield Silver Plate Inkwell. Piece was found from a sell off from Charles Dickens London home in the 1970's. Provenance is ...

This lot contains three books about Charles Dickens, two written by prominent authors and the third a valuable resource for anyone dong research a...

a) Dickens Collection, Thackeray Collection And Other Rare Books And Autographs From The Library Of Mr. Edwin W. Coggeshall Of New York, The Ander...

The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family. Edited by Arthur Pendennis. ESQre. Illustrated By Richard Doyle/ London: Bradbury And Evans, 1...

Greenwich Hospital, A Series of Naval Sketches, Descriptive Of The Life Of A Man-Of -War’s Man. By An Old Sailor, With Illustrations By George Cru...

Eccentric Tales From The German Of W. F. Von Kosewitz, With Illustrations By George Cruikshank, from Sketches by Alfred Crowquill, London: James R...

Our Own Times, Illustrated By George Cruikshank, Bradbury & Evans, 90, Fleet Street, MDCCCXLVI [1846], The first edition was issued in only four m...

The Comic Almanack, An Ephemeris In Jest And Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips And Oddities. By Thackeray, Albert Smith, Gil...

1851: Or, The Adventures Of Mr.And Mrs. Sandboys And Family, Who Came Up to London To Enjoy Themselves And To See The Great Exhibition, By Henry M...

This lot consists of two titles from George Cruikshank’s Fairy Library series bound as one. The first title is Cinderella And The Glass Slipper an...

The Travels And Surprising Adventures Of Baron Munchausen. Illustrated With Five Woodcuts By G. Cruikshank, And Twenty-Two Full-Page Curious Engra...

Hans of Iceland. London: J. Robins And Co. Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row 1825, with four original black-and-white plates by George Cruikshank. The aut...

An Essay On The Genius Of George Cruikshank. With Numerous Illustrations Of His Works. (From The Westminster Review, No. LXVI.) With Additional Et...

Songs Naval And National Of The Late Charles Dibdin; With A Memoir And Addenda. Collected And Arranged By Thomas Dibdin … With Characteristic Sket...

This book is an exhibition catalogue signed and inscribed by J P Morgan, the title is “Original Manuscripts and Drawings of English Authors from t...

The Grand Master, or, Adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindostan. Hudibrastic Poem in Eight Cantos by Quiz. Illustrated with engravings by Rowlandson. Lon...

The English Dance of Death, From The Designs Of Thomas Rowlandson, With Metrical Illustrations. By The Author Of Dr. Syntax. London: Printed By J....

The Dance of Life, A Poem, By The Author of “Doctor Syntax;” Illustrated With Coloured Engravings, By Thomas Rowlandson, London: Published By R. A...

Dr. Syntax In Paris, Or A Tour in search of the Grotesque, A Humorous & Satirical Poem. Printed by S. & R. Bentley for W. Wright and published in ...

This is a three-volume set of the Tours of Doctor Syntax, written by William Combe, illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson, and published by Nattali and...

Takings: Or, The Life Of A Collegian. A Poem. Illustrated By Twenty-Six Etchings From Designs By R. Dagley, London: John Warren, Old Bond Street, ...

The Fables of Aesop And Others Translated Into Human Nature, Designed And Drawn On The Wood By Charles H. Bennett, Engraved By Swain, London, W Ke...

The Tale of King Coustans the Emperor Of Byance, written and bound by William Morris in 1894 at the Kelmscott Press near London and rebound in Ulw...

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William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, London, William Heinemann, and New York, Doubleday Page, 1926, numbered and signe...

Sakoontala or The Lost Ring, An Indian Drama, Translated Into English Prose And Verse From The Sanskrit of Kalidasa, By Monier Willams, New York, ...

Sakoontala: or The Lost Ring; An Indian Drama, Translated Into English Prose And Verse From The Sanskrit of Kalidasa, By Monier Willams, M.A., Pro...

Albert Robida, Voyage de Fiancailles Au XXe Siecle, Paris, Librairie L Conquet 1892, 12 Mo., first edition, in a fine binding by C H Meunier, in f...

This is the second Speght edition of Chaucer’s famous work published in 1602. Chaucer was the first great English poet (1342 - 1400) and was not a...

The Historie Of The Raigne Of King Henry The Seventh, Written By the Right Honourable Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, London, Printed b...