ID 813665
Lot 157 | The Village Coquettes
Estimate value
$ 1 200 – 1 800
Charles Dickens, 1836
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Village Coquettes. London: Richard Bentley, 1836.
First edition unbound in loose sheets of Dickens’ only libretto. Although this comic opera was received with applause from the public, a young critic John Forster wrote that “the libretto was totally unworthy of Boz.” Dickens wrote to composer Hullah of the review: “it is rather depreciatory of the Opera but … so well done I cannot help laughing at it, for the life and soul of me” (See Clair Tomalin, Charles Dickens: A Life, 72). Forster and Dickens would go on to become trusted friends, with the former writing a notable biography of the author. Eckle, 157-158; Podeschi/Gimbel A25.
Octavo. Original unbound sheets. Engraved portraits of a Mr. Braham and the dedicatee, comedic actor and singer J.P. Hurley, with a letter by Hurley on gambling and an excerpt of Forster’s Life of Dickens all laid in. Custom dark green half morocco box with marbled interior.
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