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[Charles William Shirley Brooks, editor of Punch.] Autograph Letter Signed ('C. Shirley Brooks') to 'Mrs. Lemon', presenting a copy of one of his novels ('Aspen Court'?), and describing the response of the dedicatee (Charles Dickens?).

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C. Shirley Brooks [Charles William Shirley Brooks] (1816-1874), editor of 'Punch',1870-1874 [Mark Lemon (1809-1870), founding editor of Punch, his wife Helen ('Nelly') Lemon (c.1817-1890, née Rohmer)]
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'12 New Inn [London] | Thursday [1855?]'.
£60.00

2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In very good condition, on lightly-aged paper.

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[Printed handbill libretto.] The House that Jack built. A Nursery Cantata. With Solos, Choruses, and Incidental Music, Composed expressly for the Royal Aquarium, by Mr. George Fox. The Juvenile Troupe, Under the Direction of Mr. J. E. Nolan.

Author: 
George Fox [The Juvenile Troupe; J. E. Nolan; The Royal Aquarium and Winter Garden, London; Hutchins & Romer, Conduit Street]
Publication details: 
[Circa 1880.] 'The Music Published by Messrs Hutchins & Romer, Conduit Street, Regent Street'.
£56.00
The House that Jack built. A Nursery Cantata

Small 4to, 4 pp. Bifolium. Text clear and complete. Fair, on browned high-acidity paper. Neat strip of stub from mounting in album still adhering to inner margin of verso of second leaf. Headed 'Words.' All but first chorus in double-column. A mixture of the original 'House that Jack built' with 'Jack and Jill'. Begins with 'Chorus. - "This is the house that Jack built."', the first lines of which are 'Our labours are done, our recompense won, | And anger has been on no back spilt, | So now with one voice we'll laugh and rejoice | As this is the house that Jack built.' Characters are: Mr.

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