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DICKENS (CHARLES) Mr. Nightingale's Diary: a Farce. In One Act, 1877; and 10 others (11) image 1
DICKENS (CHARLES) Mr. Nightingale's Diary: a Farce. In One Act, 1877; and 10 others (11) image 2
CHARLES DICKENS: THE COLLECTION OF W.H. COLLIS OF LIVERPOOL
Lot 136

DICKENS (CHARLES)
Mr. Nightingale's Diary: a Farce. In One Act, 1877; and 10 others (11)

1 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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DICKENS (CHARLES)

Mr. Nightingale's Diary: a Farce. In One Act, first American edition, advertisements on endpapers, publisher's red cloth decorated in black and lettered in gilt [Eckel p.164; Gimbel B215], 16mo, James R. Osgood and Company, 1877--[Reading Editions:] A Christmas Carol, Bradbury & Evans, 1860; The Chimes, Chaman & Hall, n.d.; The Story of Little Dombey, Bradbury & Evans, 1858; idem, another edition, 2 copies, Chapman & Hall, n.d.; The Poor Traveller: Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn: and Mrs. Gamp, 2 copies, [Dickens & Evans for] Chapman & Hall, n.d., together 7 vol., publisher's printed wrappers, 2 of the Dombeys soiled and with spines chipped, 12mo; David Copperfield. A Reading, in Five Chapters, reprint of 1866 edition, portrait, publisher's half calf with gilt panelled spine, Henry Sotheran, 1921--On the Origin of Sam Weller and the Real Cause of the Success of the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club... with a facsimile reprint of the Beauties of Pickwick... Embellished with a choice etching of Mr. Samuel Weller composing his love letter, by F. W. Pailthorpe, etched frontispiece, title printed in red and black, publisher's printed wrappers, J.W. Jarvis, 1883--OSBORNE (E. ALLEN) The Facts About a Christmas Carol, publisher's red cloth, Bradley Press, 1937, 8vo (11)

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A group of theatrical, reading and bibliographical editions including Mr. Nightingale's Diary, a farce first performed in 1851 and privately printed for Dickens. It is known in only a few copies worldwide, making this the first obtainable edition.

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