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Lover, Samuel. Songs and Ballads. Chapman and Hall, 1844.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: In fair condition. Front board detached. Moderate wear to extremities with dryness and red rot along hinges and corners. Spine discolored from sun exposure. Edges of boards toned. Gilt finishing remains bright and intact. Endbands crushed. Starry end papers free of ownership. Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf to a Mrs. Riley with Kind Regards. Interiro lightly toned. Free of known markings. Binding intact. Please see photos. Born in Dublin, the multi-talented Samuel Lover excelled as a songwriter, painter, dramatist and novelist. He emigrated to London where he occupied a central place in artistic life, becoming a habitué of Lady Blessingtons salon, and workin in association with Charles Dickens in the founding of Bentleys Miscellany. ***** FORN-TUB0004 02/24HK
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed.. , 1844.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Description: Rare autograph letter signed by great English novelist Charles Dickens. One page, octavo, folded, the letter reads, "Devonshire Terrace Eighteenth April 1844. My Dear Mitton, I am sorry to say that plan won't do. Because although Couttsâs were so prompt and polite last time, still they did say 'that it wasnât the kind of noteâ &c &c - as I wrote you at the time. Indeed, I remember to have often heard that they avoid discounting. I wish to Heaven you could think of any other way. I will come down today, between 2 and 3. I have not seen Thomson yet. He wrote that he was coming. Likewise that his house had not bedrooms enough. and talking wildly about Houses near Belgrave Square!! Faithfully Always / CD." The recipient, Thomas Mitton was a close friend and financial adviser of Dickens' to whom he wrote frequently, particularly concerning his frustrations with book deals and travel expenses. Debt was a primary motivating factor throughout Dickens' life despite his success as a novelist. In mid-1843, sales of Martin Chuzzlewit were falling off, and his wife, Catherine, was pregnant with their fifth child. Matters worsened when Chapman & Hall, his publishers, threatened to reduce his monthly income by £50 if sales dropped further. By the end of the year, Dickens saw a change in his fortunes with the publication of A Christmas Carol which sold out days after publication and was released in thirteen subsequent editions by the end of 1844. In near fine condition. An excellent association. English writer and social critic Charles Dickens created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.