DICKENS, Charles (1812-70) & Frederick Fox COOPER (1806-79). Little Dorrit. A Domestic Drama, in Three Acts. [etc.]

DICKENS, Charles (1812-70) and Frederick Fox COOPER (1806-79). Little Dorrit. A Domestic Drama, in Three Acts. Founded upon the Popular Novel, by Charles Dickens. As Performed at the London Theatres. London: Purkess’s Library of Romance, [c. 1857]. 4to (208 x 163mm). Single sheet folded to form 8-pages, hand-coloured wood-engraved illustrations. A later typed note states (perhaps with some hyperbole): “Excessively rare. Only one other copy has been noted, that being the one sold in the rooms of the American Art Association, New York, on December 7, 1927, when it brought $100.00 (£20.) It formed part of the collection of the Works of Charles Dickens, the property of Thomas Hatton, Leicester, England.” With Dombey and Son; or, Good Mrs Brown, the Child Stealer. A Drama, in Two Acts ([London, G. Purkess, [n.d.], hand-coloured illustrations, FOUR COPIES) and [Walter Scott’s] Kenilworth. An Historical Drama, in Two Acts. As Performed at Drury Lane Theatre ([London, G. Purkess, [n.d.], hand-coloured illustrations, THREE COPIES); with a quantity of ephemeral items including G. M’Gregor’s Narrative of the Melancholy Wreck of the Sea Horse, Transport, in Tramore Bay, on the 30^th January, 1816. 363 Persons Drowned! (Waterford, 1867, pamphlet, RARE), Father Christmas. The Children’s Annual 1884 (London, 1884, illustrations by George Cruikshank, wrappers), and some unbound hand-coloured lithographed architectural views. Please note that only a part of this lot is illustrated. The lot sold not subject to return. (qty)