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1. Address for Bentley's miscellany of Dec. 1, 1837. Holograph
2. Adventures of Oliver Twist, The. Holograph draft for front cover
3. Amateur performance at Manchester for the benefit of Leigh Hunt. Statement of account. 33 cm.
4. Autograph material. Miscellaneous: 2 wrappers and 6 envelopes
5. [Cheap edition of the Works of Mr. Charles Dickens: holograph prospectus and holograph dedication]
6. [Curious dance round a curious tree, A.] Holograph
7. Description of the scene proposed [for stage setting for an amateur performance at Tavistock House]. Holograph
8. Friend of the lions, The. Holograph
9. History of Pickwick, A. Holograph
10. Life and adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, The. Holograph
11. [Loving ballad of Lord Bateman, The]. List of captions for 11 illustrations
12. [Loving ballad of] Lord Bateman. Ms. copy in George Cruikshank's, or possibly in Mrs. Cruikshank's, hand
13. Memoranda [to W. H. Wills]. Holograph
14. Mrs. Gamp. 2 pages of holograph and portion of the printed text, used for the reading?
15. Mrs. Lirriper's lodgings. Holograph fragment of manuscript
16. "My Uncle Toby swore an oath." Holograph
17. Notices to correspondents [of Bentley's Miscellany], Holograph.
18. "Now if I don't make the completest mistake." Six-line holograph verse
19. [Old curiosity shop: passage on the death of Little Nell]. Holograph copy
20. Old curiosity shop, 14-line holograph transcription by Dickens of passage on the death of Little Nell
21. Oliver Twist. Holograph from Chapter 10
22. [Oliver Twist]. Holograph from Chapter 15
23. [Posthumous papers of the Pickwick club, The]. Holograph. Robson and Co., when offering the ms. page for sale, issued facsimiles of the covers and important plates of the first edition in parts. [See Robson and co.]
24. [Sheet containing the autographs of Charles Dickens, G. H. Lewes, Mark Lemon, Frederick Dickens and others]. Said to be a leaf from the register of Day's hotel, Birmingham. Three of the autographs dated June 7, 1848
25. [Speech written for Madame Celeste]. Holograph
26. Threatening letter to Thomas Hood, from an ancient gentleman. Holograph
27. Title for his Bleak house, Holograph. Addressed to Bradbury and Evans.
28. "To the editor," letter on the international copyright law, sent to various American newspapers. Holograph. Comprises note by Dickens signed and dated, April 27, 1842, and letters on the subject sent to him