BIB_ID
291254
Accession number
MA 113.65
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1851 Sept. 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
For a possibly related list of fictitious titles from the library at Tavistock House see MA 109.30.
Part of a large collection of letters from Charles Dickens to his brother-in-law Henry Austin. Items in the collection are described separately; see MA 113 for more information.
Written from Broadstairs, on mourning paper. Signed "CD."
Part of a large collection of letters from Charles Dickens to his brother-in-law Henry Austin. Items in the collection are described separately; see MA 113 for more information.
Written from Broadstairs, on mourning paper. Signed "CD."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Concerning the construction of bookcases and sliding doors at Tavistock House. Mentioning that if the sliding doors are to be faced with imitation backs of books (as opposed to shelves for real books), that the carpenter "is to apply to [Dickens] for the instructions as to the binding and lettering of the said fictitious volumes."
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