Gadshill, near Rochester, Kent : particulars and conditions of sale of a very valuable and beautiful freehold property known as "Gadshill Place," for many years the favourite abode of Charles Dickens ... which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Chinnock, Galsworthy & Chinnock at the mart, Tokenhouse Yard ... on Tuesday, the 24th day of June, 1879.

BIB_ID

291631

Accession number

MA 967.4

Published

[London] : F. Cartwright, [1879]

Credit line

Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1919.

Description

6 p., : col. map ; 45 cm

Notes

Imprint date from title.
With docket title.
One of three items accompanying the manuscript Catalogue of the Library at Gad's Hill. These accompanying items are cataloged individually (MA 967.2-4); see related record for more information.

Provenance

From a Sotheby's sale; purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from the London dealer Quaritch in 1919.

Summary

Advertising the 1879 sale by Charles Dickens, Jr., of Gad's Hill Place, giving a detailed description of the house and grounds. With a colored map of the property.

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Department

Literary and Historical Manuscripts