The extraordinary life of Charles Dickens : an exhibition at the Grolier Club of New York / curated by Ralph J. Crawford, Jr. and Bruce J. Crawford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Patterson, John M. (John Morrison), 1874- collector.

Crawford, Ralph J., curator.

Crawford, Bruce J., curator.

Kelly, Jerry, 1955- typographer.

Grolier Club, publisher, host institution.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Exhibitions.

Dickens, Charles.

Patterson, John M., -1925.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Local Subjects:

Patterson, John M., -1925.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Miller.

Exhibition catalogs.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor)

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

110 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : The Grolier Club, 2006.

Summary:

Exhibition and catalog comprises autograph letters, portraits, part-covers and illustrations collected by John M. Patterson, president of the Philadelphia branch of the Dickens Fellowship and a member of the Grolier Club from 1921-1925. Patterson hoped to use the material to extra-illustrate the first editions of the writings of Charles Dickens and their values (1913), a bibliography by his friend John C. Eckel. After his untimely death in 1925, the collection remained in Sessler's Bookshop in Philadelphia until it was acquired by Ralph J. Crawford in 1963.

Contents:

John Patterson and the Dickens Archive

Patterson and his friendships with fellow Dickensians

Development of the Patterson Archive

Interpreting the archive for the exhibition

John M. Patterson: a short retrospective

Three generations of collecting

Appendix: The mystery of the Patrician's Daughter.

Notes:

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Grolier Club, 26 January-10 March 2006--Title page verso.

"Copyright 2006 The Grolier Club of New York"--verso of title page.

"525 copies printed. Typeset in Miller fonts. Typography by Jerry Kelly"--Colophon

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018.

ISBN:

0910672628

9780910672627

OCLC:

63040809