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Lot 209
Sale 6417 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Sep 10, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$4,000 -
6,000
Price Realized
$3,840
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Lot Description
[Literature] [Dickens, Charles] Clarke, Joseph Clayton ("Kyd"). Collection of 186 Original Character Illustrations
(London, ca. 1880s). Collection of 186 original pen, ink, and watercolor illustrations, on paper, each titled and signed by Clarke ("Kyd"); comprising 36 illustrations for Sketches by "Boz", 30 illustrations for Martin Chuzzlewit, 48 illustrations for Bleak House, 36 illustrations for Our Mutual Friend, and 36 illustrations for miscellaneous pieces; with six illustrated title-pages in pen, ink, and watercolor, and six manuscript character indexes, by Kyd. Each measuring 11 1/4 x 8 11/16 in. (286 x 221 mm). In six red cloth slip cases and chemises, lettered in gilt.
A fine collection of 186 original character illustrations for the works of Charles Dickens.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
