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San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Three passages from the writings of Charles Dickens
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
Contents-v.1 1833 to 1856.-v.2 1857 to 1870.-1836 to 1870
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Rare Books
Contents-v.1 1833 to 1856.-v.2 1857 to 1870.-1836 to 1870
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Manuscripts
A collection of letters, manuscripts, and ephemera related to Charles Dickens. The majority of the material is written by Dickens and covers the most productive years of his writing career. The letters are written from Devonshire Terrace, Broadstairs, and Tavistock House, as well as letters from various cities in England, Europe, and America. The collection also includes letters by Dickens' family members, friends, and business associates; there is also one forgery (mssHM 18751) and many of the letters include envelopes. Correspondents in the collection include, among others, Maria Beadnell, Hablot Knight Browne, George Cruikshank, Frederick Dickens, Georgina Hogarth, Charles Kent, William Charles Macready, Thomas Mitton, Frederic Ouvry, Richard Watson, Livinia Jane Watson, William Henry Wills, and the publisher Chapman and Hall. The collection also includes a small amount of ephemera.
mssDickens
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Manuscripts
A collection of letters by Charles Dickens; the letters are written to, among others, William Harrison Ainsworth, George Bentley, Frederick William Dickens, William Empson, John Pritt Harley, Susan Horner, Robert Bulwer Lytton (Earl of Lytton), and John Palgrave Simpson.
mssHM 78780-78794