Charles Dickens

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).

Henley-on-Thames, England — Jonkers Rare Books is delighted to announce a new catalogue of rare books devoted to Nineteenth Century Literature.

London — Exceedingly rare works by Galileo, Samuel Johnson and J.K.

’Tis the season!

New York — Swann Galleries’ Tuesday, November 17 sale of Fine Books & Manuscripts saw great success across categories with a 90% sell-through rate by lot, and closed above the total high-estima