Lot 226
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870), novelist
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs | 09 May 2007
£1,020
Description
Autograph signature with quotation: 'And so, as Tiny Tim observed, "God bless us every one!" Charles Dickens, Saturday Twentieth March 1869', 9 x 4.5cm
Footnote
Note: We are grateful to Andrew Xavier, Director of the Charles Dickens Museum, for drawing our attention to the fact that this is probably a "celebrity" autograph as distinct from a signature cut from the foot of a letter, and possibly written on the occasion of one of Dickens's public readings. For an identical quotation and near identical signature see the copy in the Berg Collection of English and American Literature in the New York Public Library.