DICKENS, Charles. Manuscript in Dickens's hand of a 'New Song' by Dickens, addressed to Mark Lemon, signed by 'T. Sparkler' (pseudonym of Dickens), Catherine Dickens, Annie Leech, Georgina Hogarth, Mary Dickens, Kate Dickens and John Leech, to the tune of 'Lesbia hath a beaming eye'. Creation ...
DICKENS, Charles. Autograph letter signed to Thomas Adolphus Trollope, congratulating him on his recent marriage to the actress Fanny Ternan, and making a rare reference to Fanny's sister Ellen. Creation dates: 02 Nov 1866
DICKENS, Charles. Autograph letter signed to Robert Hogarth Patterson Esquire, on the headed paper of The Office of All The Year Round, acknowledging receipt of an issue of the weekly journal 'The Press', which probably contained a favourable review of 'Great Expectations'. Creation dates: 25 J...
DICKENS, Charles. Autograph letter signed to Mark Lemon, asking him for confirmation of his intention not to perform at the Lyceum Theatre in 'A Romantic Idea', a farce by Planché, Dickens having intimated that he would only join the cast if Lemon was also appearing. The performance was to have ...
DICKENS, Charles. Autograph letter signed to John Pritt Harley inviting him to visit at Dickens's rented accommodation at Twickenham. Creation dates: [Circa 12 June 1838]
PORTER, Jane, Anna Maria & Robert Ker. A significant archive of letters, documents, manuscript pieces and scraps by and relating to the novelist sisters Jane and Anna Maria Porter, their brother, artist, author and diplomat Robert Ker Porter, and other family members. Creation dates: [1790...
SHELLEY, Mary. Autograph letter signed to her friend and admirer the American actor and playwright John Howard Payne, then in Paris, mostly about recent trips to the opera in London, but also providing news of her father, William Godwin, and of an impending visit by Edward Trelawny, and inquiring...
RUSSELL, Bertrand. Typed letter signed to Leonard Fulton (in reply to a letter from him), in which Russell urges Fulton to join any peace organisation in the United States in order to contribute to the 'struggle against nuclear war', and also suggesting that he might try to contact Professor Linu...