The Dickens Fellowship Golden Jubilee Banquet, Dorchester Hotel, London, September 15, 1952 [menu and program] [Bon] [Couverture souple]

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[8] pp., illustrated, 8vo, stapled card covers. The menu and program for the dinner celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Dickens Fellowship. With photographs of fellowship activities over this period. Each course in the menu is accompanied by a quote relating to the food item from a Dickens work (e.g., for the Roast Kentish Turkey with Chipolatas, "The poultry disappeared as rapidly as if every bird had had the use of its wings," from "Martin Chuzzlewit"). The toast list, which includes H. M. The Queen, also includes literary Dickens references. The Dickens Fellowship is a worldwide association of 56 branches whose members share an interest in the life and writings of Charles Dickens. A near fine copy, with a little finger soiling on the covers.

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