ALsS : to William Hepworth Dixon, 1849-1870.

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ALsS : to William Hepworth Dixon, 1849-1870.

Dickens's letters to Dixon, in which he acknowledges the receipt of books; declines an invitation; comments upon the latter's articles on Francis Bacon; indicates his disdain for the erection of statuary; and tends to the finances of the family of the playwright Douglas Jerrold (1803-1857), for whom he had organized benefit performances.

18 items (22 p.) in case ; 22 cm.

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