MR. DICKENS AND MR. BENTLEY [caption title]

[ London, 1871. [4]pp. Octavo leaflet. Modest nick, crease and dustmarking to corner of lower leaf, otherwise a very nice copy. First edition. The separately printed text of a letter from the son of Richard Bentley, the publisher, addressed to the editor of THE TIMES, taking issue with the depiction of certain financial dealings between Dickens and his father as portrayed in the first volume of Forster's LIFE OF DICKENS, then just published. The specifics relate to OLIVER TWIST, BARNABY RUDGE, and Dickens' editorial duties attending BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. A very uncommon and interesting ephemeron. (Inventory #: WRCLIT26638)