Accession number
PML 132240
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Published
[London : s.n. ; 1860]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Cover title.
1st ed., first issue.
The first of two issues published by St. Luke's hospital in London in 1860. The entire pamphlet has been attributed to W.H. Wills, but the discovery of the original manuscript, containing more than half of the lines of the first sketch in Dicken's handwriting, proves he wrote at least the greater part of it. c.f. Eckel, J.C. The first editions of the writings of Charles Dickens and their values.
1st ed., first issue.
The first of two issues published by St. Luke's hospital in London in 1860. The entire pamphlet has been attributed to W.H. Wills, but the discovery of the original manuscript, containing more than half of the lines of the first sketch in Dicken's handwriting, proves he wrote at least the greater part of it. c.f. Eckel, J.C. The first editions of the writings of Charles Dickens and their values.
Description
19, [1] p. ; 18 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Mauve wrappers lettered in black.
Classification
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