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English literature and history: including the Charles Dickens archive ; also including the archive of Dickens's friend Charles Kent ; the Dickens collection from Bleak House Museum, Broadstairs ; fine letters and documents signed by Queen Elizabeth I, one three days after her accession ; other letters and documents signed by Mary Queen of Scots, James VI, Anne of Denmark, and the Marquess of Montrose ; the rare first edition of John Taylor's A brief remembrance of all the English monarchs, 1618 ; a rare author's inscribed presentation copy of Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France ; fine autograph letters and presentation volumes by Lewis Carroll to Princess Alice ; a fine illustrated album by R.M. Ballantyne ; a fine presentation copy of Rudyard Kipling's Echoes, 1884 ; an important collection of memorabilia of the Yeats family, including W.B. Yeats's Mosada and early drawings by Jack B. Yeats ; books and manuscripts by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, including a signed Hound of the Baskervilles ; letters by Henry James, Max Beerbohm and others addressed to Filson Young ; a collection of works by Norman Douglas ; an important illustrated series of early letters by Henry Moore, 1926-1927 ; working poetical manuscripts by Ted Hughes ; other fine letters and documents by W.B. Yeats, Oscar Wilde, Bertrand Russell, E.M. Forster, Henry Miller, Graham Greene, Raymond Chandler, Bruce Chatwin, and others

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Corporate Author Sotheby's (Firm)
Title English literature and history : including the Charles Dickens archive ; also including the archive of Dickens's friend Charles Kent ; the Dickens collection from Bleak House Museum, Broadstairs ; fine letters and documents signed by Queen Elizabeth I, one three days after her accession ; other letters and documents signed by Mary Queen of Scots, James VI, Anne of Denmark, and the Marquess of Montrose ; the rare first edition of John Taylor's A brief remembrance of all the English monarchs, 1618 ; a rare author's inscribed presentation copy of Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France ; fine autograph letters and presentation volumes by Lewis Carroll to Princess Alice ; a fine illustrated album by R.M. Ballantyne ; a fine presentation copy of Rudyard Kipling's Echoes, 1884 ; an important collection of memorabilia of the Yeats family, including W.B. Yeats's Mosada and early drawings by Jack B. Yeats ; books and manuscripts by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, including a signed Hound of the Baskervilles ; letters by Henry James, Max Beerbohm and others addressed to Filson Young ; a collection of works by Norman Douglas ; an important illustrated series of early letters by Henry Moore, 1926-1927 ; working poetical manuscripts by Ted Hughes ; other fine letters and documents by W.B. Yeats, Oscar Wilde, Bertrand Russell, E.M. Forster, Henry Miller, Graham Greene, Raymond Chandler, Bruce Chatwin, and others
Publisher London : Sotheby's, 1999
Physical desc. 240 pages ; illustrations ; 28 cm.
Note 15/07/1999
Date & place of sale Thursday 15 July 1999, London
Person as subject Dickens, Charles -- 1812-1870 -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs
Subject Rare books -- Catalogs
Manuscripts -- Catalogs
Authors' presentation copies -- Catalogs
Illustrated books -- Catalogs
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