Hardcover. This unique volume of autograph letters, portraits, illustrations, and other materials is made up of materials from the John M. Patterson Dickens Archive, as well as items relating to the life and literary work of Charles Dickens housed at the Grolier Club. In addition to a catalogue of the exhibition materials on display at a 2006 Grolier Club exhibition, The Extraordinary Life of Charles Dickens contains an introduction, an explanation of the John Patterson and Dickens Archive, an essay on the development of the Patterson Archive, and a short retrospective on Patterson. Catalogue of a collection of autograph letters, manuscripts, portraits, illustrations and other material relating to the life and literary work of Charles Dickens, in the library of Grolierite Bruce J. Crawford, and his father Ralph J. Crawford, Jr. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: The Extraordinary Life of Charles Dickens (Hardcover)
Publisher: Grolier Club of New York
Publication Date: 2006
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0910672628
ISBN 13: 9780910672627
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: new

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This unique volume of autograph letters, portraits, illustrations, and other materials is made up of materials from the John M. Patterson Dickens Archive, as well as items relating to the life and literary work of Charles Dickens housed at the Grolier Club. In addition to a catalogue of the exhibition materials on display at a 2006 Grolier Club exhibition, The Extraordinary Life of Charles Dickens contains an introduction, an explanation of the John Patterson and Dickens Archive, an essay on the development of the Patterson Archive, and a short retrospective on Patterson.

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Ralph J. Crawford, Jr., was Vice Chairman of the Board at Wells Fargo Bank and an avid book collector and student of English literature and history.

Bruce J. Crawford, president of the Grolier Club 2018–2022, is a book collector with a particular interest in Charles Dickens.

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