[ Books ] () Menken, Adah Isaacs. Infelicia. Dedicated to Dickens with a fac-simile letter reproduced on verso of dedication leaf; numerous vignettes. Portrait frontispiece of Menken. Small 8vo, publisher's gilt-lettered green cloth, blistered and

[ Books ] () Menken, Adah Isaacs. Infelicia. Dedicated to Dickens with a fac-simile letter reproduced on verso of dedication leaf; numerous vignettes. Portrait frontispiece of Menken. Small 8vo, publisher's gilt-lettered green cloth, blistered and soiled; first signature becoming loose. London: privately published by Menken, 1868E200/300 CHARLES DICKENS'S COPY WITH HIS LION BOOKPLATE AND SHELF LABEL (with "Cabinet C/Shelf 3" in pencil), the latter mounted to rear pastedown. Menken, a very inter -esting woman of many talents and careers, including actress, journalist, teacher, d a n c e r, sculptor, as well as poet, befriended several authors such as Swinburne and Dumas, Reade, and Dickens to whom, with permission, shededicated this book.