[D. Jacques Benoliel collection of the letters of Charles Dickens] -- 1832-1993 (bulk 1832-1870).

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Benoliel, D. Jacques. [D. Jacques Benoliel collection of the letters of Charles Dickens] -- 1832-1993 (bulk 1832-1870).

[D. Jacques Benoliel collection of the letters of Charles Dickens] -- 1832-1993 (bulk 1832-1870).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/352886480

This is a collection of correspondence, manuscript material, and other items related to Charles Dickens. The bulk of the correspondence consists of autograph letters by Dickens. Significant correspondents include William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cattermole, George Cruikshank, John Leech, Mark Lemon, Daniel Maclise, Clarkson Stanfield, Frank Stone, and Thomas Adolphus Trollope. There are also autograph letters from some of these correspondents and from other members of Dickens's circle of family, friends, and associates. Manuscripts in the collection include: The Life of Our Lord; five leaves of Pickwick Papers; a corrected copy of The Cricket on the Hearth; and fragments of several other stories, plays, and poems. Ephemera and memorabilia include: various printed notices, prospectuses, letters to the editor, and printed commentaries; invitations; announcements of readings; cartes de visites; advertisements; a silk commemorative bookmark; and photographs, cabinet card photographs, and engravings of Dickens, his family, and members of his circle. The collection also contains 20th century Dickens ephemera, 1937-1993, including: postcards; stamps, including a first day of issue; newspaper articles; brochures; a set of playing cards; and a set of cocktail napkins. Additionally the collection includes playbills (several of which are framed) from a variety of London and Philadelphia theaters (1838-1873) for plays based on Dickens's writings (Oliver Twist, Martin Chuzzlewit, Domby and Son, Cricket on the Hearth, A Christmas Carol); and playbills for performances in which Dickens appeared.

6.8 linear feet

Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library