Live Auction 3013Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including a selection from the Malcolm S. Forbes Jr. Churchill Collection and Photobooks from the Calle Collection
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Autograph letter signed ('Charles Dickens') to J.C. d'Arnaud Gerkens, Tavistock House, 19 April 1853, thanking the recipient for a letter 'and its accompanying representation, by your pencil, of some of the chief characters in David Copperfield', complimenting him upon the 'delicacy and tenderness' of the drawing, which he will retain as 'proofs of your sympathy with the creatures of my imagination ... Their conception is so quiet and gentle, and their execution so free, that they unite two qualities which I very rarely find in similar designs', 2 pages, 8vo, bifolium. Provenance: Phillips sale, 11 June 1992, lot 73; private collection.
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DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Autograph letter signed ('Charles Dickens') to J.C. d'Arnaud Gerkens, Tavistock House, 19 April 1853, thanking the recipient for a letter 'and its accompanying representation, by your pencil, of some of the chief characters in David Copperfield', complimenting him upon the 'delicacy and tenderness' of the drawing, which he will retain as 'proofs of your sympathy with the creatures of my imagination ... Their conception is so quiet and gentle, and their execution so free, that they unite two qualities which I very rarely find in similar designs', 2 pages, 8vo, bifolium. Provenance: Phillips sale, 11 June 1992, lot 73; private collection.

Closed28 November 2011

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DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Autograph letter signed ('Charles Dickens') to J.C. d'Arnaud Gerkens, Tavistock House, 19 April 1853, thanking the recipient for a letter 'and its accompanying representation, by your pencil, of some of the chief characters in David Copperfield', complimenting him upon the 'delicacy and tenderness' of the drawing, which he will retain as 'proofs of your sympathy with the creatures of my imagination ... Their conception is so quiet and gentle, and their execution so free, that they unite two qualities which I very rarely find in similar designs', 2 pages, 8vo, bifolium. Provenance: Phillips sale, 11 June 1992, lot 73; private collection.