Colossal Vestiges of the Older Nations
London : Longman, Green, Longman, & Roberts, 1862
post 8vo.,
cloth
with folding plate exhibiting etchings of the most remarkable Monoliths, and etching of Stonehenge
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English
3s.
6d.
S073.2; V14.12/V14.13; C017.03; DM[?]; J2011-12.820
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Library, shelving over bookcases facing door, shelf 5
Dickens Museum, Jarndyce
Presentation copy: 'Charles Dickens, Esq., with the Author's compliments.'
A signed copy to Dickens of Colossal Vestiges of the Older Nations, first edition, 1862 by William Linton.
The curator at Charles Dickens Museum does not insert reference number for this record.
With a diagram. First Edition. Longman, Green, Longman, & Roberts. Front. (an engraving of Stonehenge), fold-out diagram. Untrimmed in orig. red wavy-grained cloth, blocked in blind, front board lettered in gilt; some minor repairs to head & tail of spine. Bookplates of Charles Dickens, Sara R. Dunn & J.R. Ainslie, with Sotheran's 'from the Library of Charles Dickens' label. Pencil note 'C.D.B.' v.g. in brown cloth fold-over box.
The Catalogue of Dickens's Library, p.11, offers this at 5s. With autograph inscription: 'To Charles Dickens Esq. With kind regards, from Marion Bell'. Marion was widow of Sir Charles Bell, specialist in the human nervous system, who had died in 1842. [This final note is not accurate, see the Stonehouse list].
The Catalogue of Dickens's Library, p.11, offers this at 5s. With autograph inscription: 'To Charles Dickens Esq. With kind regards, from Marion Bell'. Marion was widow of Sir Charles Bell, specialist in the human nervous system, who had died in 1842. [This final note is not accurate, see the Stonehouse list].
For sale by Jarndyce at £1,650 (Winter 2011-12).
Listed again for sale by Jarndyce at £1,650 (Summer 2016), (J2016.871).
Listed again for sale by Jarndyce at £1,650 (Summer 2016), (J2016.871).