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Auction archive: Lot number 5

CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870); CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON (1832-1898) CHARLES READE (1814-1884); WILLIAM COBBETT (1763-1835) & OTHERS

Auction 28.05.1999
28 May 1999
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$484 - US$807
Price realised:
£575
ca. US$928
Auction archive: Lot number 5

CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870); CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON (1832-1898) CHARLES READE (1814-1884); WILLIAM COBBETT (1763-1835) & OTHERS

Auction 28.05.1999
28 May 1999
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$484 - US$807
Price realised:
£575
ca. US$928
Beschreibung:

CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870); CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON (1832-1898) CHARLES READE (1814-1884); WILLIAM COBBETT (1763-1835) & OTHERS Autograph letter signed ("Charles Reade"), to an unnamed gentleman [but most probably the Rector of Willesden Church] from 19 Albert Gate, Knightsbridge, 2pp., oblong 8, 20 September, n.y. [but 1879]. Thanking him for letting him "lie in your churchyard...in a village and not in a London cemetry". Discussing a very dear ailing friend. One-page printed letter signed ("W.Cobbett"), to an unnamed gentleman, from London, 4, 25 February 1820. Requesting a donation of (700 to assist in his campaign as Candidate for the City of Coventry. With a quantity of other letters of similar poetical or literary interest including two cut signatures ("Charles Dickens") and ("Yours truly ever C L Dodgson"). qty

Auction archive: Lot number 5
Auction:
Datum:
28 May 1999
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870); CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON (1832-1898) CHARLES READE (1814-1884); WILLIAM COBBETT (1763-1835) & OTHERS Autograph letter signed ("Charles Reade"), to an unnamed gentleman [but most probably the Rector of Willesden Church] from 19 Albert Gate, Knightsbridge, 2pp., oblong 8, 20 September, n.y. [but 1879]. Thanking him for letting him "lie in your churchyard...in a village and not in a London cemetry". Discussing a very dear ailing friend. One-page printed letter signed ("W.Cobbett"), to an unnamed gentleman, from London, 4, 25 February 1820. Requesting a donation of (700 to assist in his campaign as Candidate for the City of Coventry. With a quantity of other letters of similar poetical or literary interest including two cut signatures ("Charles Dickens") and ("Yours truly ever C L Dodgson"). qty

Auction archive: Lot number 5
Auction:
Datum:
28 May 1999
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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