[DICKENS, Charles]. A group of later editions, parodies and ephemeral items, including: Welcome to Charles Dickens. The Boz Ball. To Be Given Under the Direction of a Committee of Citizens of New York, at the Park Theatre, on the Evening of the Fourteenth of February Next. New York: J.C. House, 1842. Wrappers. -- The Strange Gentleman. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837 [but later]. Original wrappers. Later issue with Pailthorpe frontispiece. -- The Hospital for Sick Children. Extract from Our Mutual Friend. London, ca 1865. 8 pages. Self wrappers. -- The Life and Adventures of Oliver Twiss The Workhouse Boy. London: E. Lloyd, [1839]. 8o. Modern red morocco. -- A printed invitation to a performance at Knebworth hosted by Edward Bulwer Lytton, with Dickens acting in Every Man in His Humour and Turning the Tables. Knebworth, 14 October 1850. -- A visiting card and two tickets to readings by Dickens. -- An issue of The Times, 2 November 1883, with a letter by Dickens. -- The Crim Con Gazette, 7 December 1839, with "Sketches of Character, No. 67. Charles Dickens." -- Dombey and Son. "Penny Pictorial Play." N.p., n.d. With color woodcut. -- A Selection of New and Popular Dramas and Farces. London: William Barth, n.d. Containing a dramatization of A Christmas Carol by Edward Stirling. -- "One Dozen Dickens Stamps." London, 1912. Envelope, with sheet of stamps. (11)

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[DICKENS, Charles]. A group of later editions, parodies and ephemeral items, including: Welcome to Charles Dickens. The Boz Ball. To Be Given Under the Direction of a Committee of Citizens of New York, at the Park Theatre, on the Evening of the Fourteenth of February Next. New York: J.C. House, 1842. Wrappers. -- The Strange Gentleman. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837 [but later]. Original wrappers. Later issue with Pailthorpe frontispiece. -- The Hospital for Sick Children. Extract from Our Mutual Friend. London, ca 1865. 8 pages. Self wrappers. -- The Life and Adventures of Oliver Twiss The Workhouse Boy. London: E. Lloyd, [1839]. 8o. Modern red morocco. -- A printed invitation to a performance at Knebworth hosted by Edward Bulwer Lytton, with Dickens acting in Every Man in His Humour and Turning the Tables. Knebworth, 14 October 1850. -- A visiting card and two tickets to readings by Dickens. -- An issue of The Times, 2 November 1883, with a letter by Dickens. -- The Crim Con Gazette, 7 December 1839, with "Sketches of Character, No. 67. Charles Dickens." -- Dombey and Son. "Penny Pictorial Play." N.p., n.d. With color woodcut. -- A Selection of New and Popular Dramas and Farces. London: William Barth, n.d. Containing a dramatization of A Christmas Carol by Edward Stirling. -- "One Dozen Dickens Stamps." London, 1912. Envelope, with sheet of stamps. (11)

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