[Rarebooks] FS Dickens Medal (Charles Sessler/A. Edward Newton)

[David Klappholz]

[Dickens, Chales] Sessler, Charles, Inc.

Medal produced by Charles Sessler, Inc., important Philadelphia (Dickens 
specialist) dealer in books and prints, in commemoration of his firm's 50th 
anniversary in 1932.  The medal appears to be bronze and is approximately 
3" in diameter.  The front has a portrait of Charles Dickens, taken from a 
photograph;  the reverse has the scene that was used as the frontispiece 
for A Christmas Carol.  The medal is housed in a small case, covered in 
blue cloth. Printed on the interior of the case is a statement referring to 
Sessler's interest in Dickens and to a comment by A. Edward Newton 
regarding A Christmas Carol.

The medal is in fine condition, as is the interior printing.  The hinged 
case is in fine condition mechanically, and the top of the cloth covering 
is considerably abraded
$175 ppd anywhere in the US

Another copy:  The medal is in fine condition.  The hinged case is in poor 
condition mechanically, and the top of the cloth covering is considerably 
abraded.  The interior printing is somewhat faded.
$125 ppd anywhere in the US

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