Sale 2530 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, February 20, 2020

137 c   DICKENS, CHARLES. Autograph Letter Signed, to actress and theater manager Céline Céleste-Elliott (“Dear Madame Celeste”), making a last-minute request for tickets for a box in order to entertain a visitor. 1 page, 8vo, with integral blank; faint scattered foxing and staining, remnants of prior mounting at edges of terminal page, small hole in blank, horizontal folds. “Devonshire Terrace” [London], “Monday Evening” [800/1,200] “If you happen to have a box disengaged tonight, will you give it to me? I am astonished to ask you so suddenly, but we have a friend from the country to amuse on an hour’s notice. . . . .” 138 c   DUMAS, ALEXANDRE; FILS. Two Autograph Letters Signed, “A. DumasF,” to novelist Emmanuel Gonzalès, in French. The first, requesting that the enclosed letter be distributed to the others [not present], and discussing the “politics” of the situation [among the members of the Society of Writers?]. The second, declining to do the Society of Writers work due to his fixed working hours and prior obligations. Together 6 pages, 8vo, pale blue paper, first written on two sheets, second on a folded sheet; moderate toning and brittling at edges, short closed separations at folds. Np, nd [250/350] with — Alexandre Dumas; Fils. Fragment of an Autograph Letter Signed, “A. DumasF,” to Emmanuel Gonzalès (“my dear Gonzales” in text), in French, including only the final pages of the letter, concerning his resignation due to the fact that the committee rejected his candidate without justification. 2½ pages, 8vo, pale blue paper, personal stationery. [Paris], nd. 137