Early autograph letter signed 1841 to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland

Dickens, Charles

Verlag: June 1841, 1841

Beschreibung

'Believe me, my Lord, that I am deeply sensible of this high token, and that I shall ever regard the title… with a pride and pleasure much too deep for words.' A letter in which a young Charles Dickens writes from the Royal Hotel, Edinburgh, expressing his gratitude to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh (Sir James Forrest) for the distinguished honour of granting the young novelist the freedom of the city in June 1841. Claire Tomalin writes 'He left an unseasonably cold London to travel north with Catherine, to a warm and enthusiastic welcome. Crowds gathered round their hotel, and over 250 gentlemen attended the public dinner in his honour' ( Charles Dickens, A Life - Viking 2011) 1 page, 7 x 4.5 inches, in excellent, near fine condition, with a main crease through the centre and the remains of a small area of guard to the reverse where it was formerly mounted in a Victorian album. A unique letter displayed in a removable leather frame which is itself housed in a custom full morocco solander box. The box is complete with gilt lettering and a gilt Scottish thistle motif. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1841

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Early autograph letter signed 1841 to the ...

Verlag: June 1841

Erscheinungsdatum: 1841

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)