The Village Coquettes

Lot 157
06.10.2022 12:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 157 | The Village Coquettes
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The Village Coquettes

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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