DICKENS (CHARLES) Two autograph envelopes, both signed ("Charles Dickens") in the lower left-hand corner, one postmarked 15 January 1870 — DICKENS (CHARLES) Two autograph envelopes, both signed ("Charles Dickens") in the lower left-hand corner, one to his wife ("Mrs Charles Dickens./ Devonshire Terrace"), hand-delivered and unstamped, the other to his son Edmund ("Edmund Dickens Esquire/ 9 St James Gardens/ Haverstock Hill/ N.W."), the latter postmarked, London, 15 January 1870

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Estimate: £600–£800 hammer ≈ $786–$1,048
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Sale: Bonhams — Fine Books, Manuscripts, Atlases & Historical Photographs, London, Knightsbridge · 4 December 2019
Record ID: TB-2026-763040
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Dickens, DICKENS (CHARLES) Two autograph envelopes, both signed ("Charles Dickens") in the lower left-hand corner, one postmarked 15 January 1870. Bonhams, 4 Dec 2019, lot 251. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-763040.

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Dickens, DICKENS (CHARLES) Two autograph envelopes, both signed ("Charles Dickens") in the lower left-hand corner, one postmarked 15 January 1870. Bonhams, 4 Dec 2019, lot 251. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-763040.

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