Lot 54 · The Library of Jeremy and Penny Martin
Barnaby Rudge. A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty, FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED "Mrs. [Elizabeth] Smithson from Charles Dickens New Years Day 1842" on the title-page, Chapman and Hall, 1841
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- Estimate
- £15,000–£25,000 hammer ≈ $19,030–$31,717
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — The Library of Jeremy and Penny Martin, London, New Bond Street · 26 April 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-531937
- Record
- first seen 21 Jul 2026 · updated 21 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Dickens, Barnaby Rudge. A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty, FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED "Mrs. [Elizabeth] Smithson from Charles Dickens New Years Day 1842" on the title-page, Chapman and Hall, 1841. Bonhams, 26 Apr 2022, lot 54. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-531937.
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Dickens, Barnaby Rudge. A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty, FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED "Mrs. [Elizabeth] Smithson from Charles Dickens New Years Day 1842" on the title-page, Chapman and Hall, 1841. Bonhams, 26 Apr 2022, lot 54. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-531937.
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