Clark, Cumberland. Charles Dickens and His Jewish Characters

AUCTION 39 | Thursday, April 03rd, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 36

(ANGLO-JUDAICA)

Clark, Cumberland. Charles Dickens and His Jewish Characters

FIRST EDITION pp. 38, (2). Boards. 4to Roth, Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica, p. 173

London: Chiswick Press 1918

Est: $300 - $500

The book contains correspondence between novelist Charles Dickens and Jewess Eliza Davis, in which the celebrated author, who once defamed Jews in his character Fagin, takes a decidedly more charitable view