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Dickens, Charles
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description
- Dickens, Charles
- Barnaby Rudge; a Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty. Chapman and Hall, 1841
- paper
large 8vo, first separate edition, illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K Browne, presentation copy inscribed by the author on the title page ("Mrs Smithson | from Charles Dickens | New Years Day 1842"), modern red morocco gilt by Rivière, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, new marbled endpapers, preserved in matching slipcase, some slight browning, some short (chiefly marginal) tears to p.240 and pp.255-266 (some slightly affecting a few letters)
Provenance
Philip M. Neufeld, his sale, Part I, Christie's, New York, 25 April 1995, lot 116
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, when appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The recipient is the wife of Charles Smithson, partner of Dickens's close friend and lawyer Thomas Mitton. The Dickens and Smithson families spent jolly holidays together at Broadstairs during the summers of 1841 and 1842. The novelist wrote to Mrs Smithson on New Years Day 1842 with his fondest regards, and asking her to "accept the inclosed for my poor sake". He then refers to this as an inscribed copy of The Old Curiosity Shop, but evidently Barnaby Rudge was included as well, as is clear by a letter a week or so earlier to her husband: "Ease my mind, or ask Mrs Smithson to ease it, on the subject of my liabilities. I am going to send her two books, and will remit (if you or she will put me in a condition to do so" (The Letters of Charles Dickens, I, p.449 and II, p.5).