First editions, autographs, manuscripts, original drawings by and related to Charles Dickens ...
Subtitle: collection of Lewis A. Hird, Englewood, New Jersey, sold by his order : public auction sale Tuesday, November 17 [1953]
Publisher: Parke-Bernet Galleries
Published: 1953
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 55
Subjects: Catalogs; Library
Notes: 169 lots.

"Sale number 1468"--Prelim.

Date of sale: November 17, 1953.

"Books mostly in original parts, autograph presentation copies, original drawings for A tale of two cities and Pickwick papers by H. K. Browne, original drawings for a Christmas carol by John Leech, important groups of autograph letters from Dickens to Leech, Clarkson Stanfield, and George Cruikshank, autograph manuscript with Dickens' Apology to the American people for the adverse opinions in American notes and Martin Chuzzlewit, original signed contract for the American publication of A tale of two cities. Collection of Lewis A. Hird, Englewood, New Jersey. Sold by his order."

Place of sale: New York.