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(COMICS.) Mills,Tarpe.
Miss Fury.
Group of 5 publisher’s color proofs for the
syndicated comic strip, on small folio sheets. 1940s
Tarpe Mills was one the earliest of successful female comic strip artists.The strip appeared on
Sundays in papers published by the Bell syndicate.
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(DICKENSIANA.)
Tavistock House Theatre. Under the Management of
Mr. Charles Dickens.
Theatre broadside listing two plays to be performed on 06 January
1857, both including Charles Dickens as an actor. 385x280 mm (15
1
/
4
x11 inches; some
chips at edges but text unaffected. London, 1857
[1,000/1,500]
Tavistock House was the residence of Dickens from 1851 to 1860. In the later part of 1856
Dickens began turning the schoolroom into what became known as “the smallest theatre in
the world.” The present broadside advertises the first two plays to be performed in the newly
created theatre.The cast of both productions included members of the Dickens family as well
as close friends (includingWilkie Collins).A rare piece of Dickensiana.
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(DICKENSIANA.)
10 lace dollies with silk centers picturing scenes from
The Pickwick Papers.
7
1
/
2
inch diameters.
England, last quarter 19th century
[100/200]
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