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[DICKENS, CHARLES]. CLARKE, J. CLAYTON. A large group of original signed pen-and ink and watercolor drawings of characters from various works by Dickens, consisting of: 31 drawings for characters from The Pickwick Papers, The Old Curiosity Shop, Martin Chuzzlewit, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Bleak House, and Hard Times, n.p.n.d., on loose sheets, 281 x 191 mm. (11 x 7 1/2 in.), in red cloth portfolio (broken), A. Edward Newton bookplate (sale, Parke-Bernet, 18 April 1941, lot 558); and 48 drawings consisting of 12 drawings each from Pickwick Papers, Barnaby Rudge, Martin Chuzzlewit, and Dombey and Son, n.p.n.d., on loose sheets, 292 x 221 mm. (11 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.) in blue morocco gilt folding box by Bayntun (Riviere), the drawings with background detail, fully colored, general title in black and brown ink, section titles in black ink (Barnaby Rudge with original ms. title by Clarke listing characters, mounted on plain paper wrappers, torn); together 79 original drawings, each 178 x 114 mm. (7 x 4 1/2 in.) on larger sheets. (2)