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Lot 206
Sale 1184 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
May 11, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$500 -
700
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$1,197
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Lot Description
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Autograph note signed (“Charles Dickens”), to Messrs. Newcome & Co., 20 October 1869.
One page, 8vo, on Gad’s Hill Place stationery, creased with slight separations at folds, apparently mounted on verso, minor soiling. Matted and framed with an engraved portrait, unexamined out of frame.
In full: “Please to make the bearer, Scope Belcher, a new living suit, and also a stable suit. Charles Dickens.”
From the Private Collection of Dennis Babcock, Minneapolis, Minnesota