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DICKENS, Charles. "The Life of Our Lord" Written by Charles Dickens For His Children 1849 And Kept as a Precious Family Secret for Eighty-Five Years . Philadelphia: The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, 5 March 1934.
DICKENS, Charles. "The Life of Our Lord" Written by Charles Dickens For His Children 1849 And Kept as a Precious Family Secret for Eighty-Five Years . Philadelphia: The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, 5 March 1934. 2 o (620 x 44 mm). Title and 14 leaves of varying folio sizes. (A few short tears at edges). Folding into red cloth case, with black morocco lettering piece on front cover (label scuffed). Provenance : Mabel Zahn (presentation inscription from Richard Gimbel); Kenyon Starling. LIMITED EDITION, number 21 of an unknown number of copies. PRESENTATION COPIES, inscribed "For Mabel Zahn who has made collecting Dickens a Real pleasure. Richard Gimbel." The wrapper states that this was "Taken from the Proofs of the First Publication Anywhere in the World... Presented to Richard Gimbel and His Friends." SCARCE: according to American Book Prices Current , no copies have sold in at least 30 years. Yale/Gimbel B197. [ With: ] DICKENS, Charles. The Life of Our Lord . London: Associated Newspapers, 1934. 8 o. Original cloth; dust jacket. -- DICKENS, Charles. The Life of Our Lord . New York: Simon and Schuster, 1934. 8 o. Original boards; slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 1,012 of 2,387 copies. (3)