DICKENS, CHARLES
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("CHARLES DICKENS") TO MARION ELY ("MY DEAR MARION"),
£1,375
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 9 October 2019 at 12:00 BST
Description
assuring her of his fond love and begging her to visit Gad's Hill ("... I hope you not forget your pledge to come again to Gad's Hill, whenever you feel inclined for the change. You cannot come too often, nor could your undersigned old friend and admirer easily tell you (if he tried) with what hearty pleasure you will always be received there...") and describing the recovery of his sister-in-law and housekeeper Georgina, one page, 8vo, Paris, rue du Faubourg St. Honoré 27, Fourth Dec. 1862, (purchased Bonhams, 23 March 2004, lot 346, for £550 hammer)