Charles Dickens

The upcoming week is a very busy one for rare books and manuscripts at auction.

Rarely seen illustrations for Charles Dickens’ first novel are at the heart of a new exhibition cel

London – If you set out to build a library of classic works of English literature, the novels of Charles Dickens would probably be high on the list.

A rare image of Charles Dickens with a mustache rather than his more familiar beard has gone on display for the first time at the Charles Dickens Museum in

The earliest known child’s letter to Santa Claus in Britain was sent in 1895 from a child in Lincolnshire addressed to ‘Father Christmas, The North Pole, G.P.O,’ but by the early 1900s thousands of

London – There was a time not so long ago when the Collected Works of Charles Dickens, like the Bible and Shakespeare, could be found on the shelves of most homes across Britain.

Chicago — Potter and Potter's spectacular 600+ lot Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale was the company's highest grossing auction to date.

New York – Christie’s is pleased to announce The Exceptional Liter

The intriguing story of how Oliver Twist literally set Charles Dickens’ pulse racing is recounted in a new exhibition at the Charles Dickens Museum in London.

Leyburn, North Yorkshire, UK — A first edition of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol has sold in Tennants Auctioneers’ Books, Maps & Ephemeral Sale for £4,200 (plus buyer’s premium).