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Verlag: Chapman and Hall, London, 1870
Anbieter: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. First edition. 8vo. vii,(1),190pp. The first edition in book form with all the proper text points and the Fildes illustrations but without the ads at rear. 3/4 green morocco, gilt, over textured green cloth. Spine with five raised bands. Steel engraved frontispiece portrait of Dickens. Added engraved title with a large vignette. Illustrated with 12 woodcut plates. Hinges and extremities rubbed but sound. This work, Dickens' last book, was originally issued in wrappers in six parts. At the time of his death he had not yet written the 7th and final part, and to this day the identity of Edwin Drood's killer remains one of the great unsolved mysteries of literature. Sadleir, M. 19th cent. fiction,; 694; Wolff, R.L. 19th cent. fiction,; 1805; Podeschi, J.B. Dickens & Dickensiana,; A155; Carr, L. VanderPoel Dickens,; B277.
Verlag: London: Chapman and Hall. [], 1870
Anbieter: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Two books bound in one volume. 'Christmas Books' is an early printing of the collected edition; 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' is a first edition. Contemporary half navy morocco with marbled boards, five raised bands and gilt titles and decorations to the spine. All edges gilt. Both titles are illustrated throughout in black and white. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm, the extremities a little worn, the corners very slightly bumped. Internally both titles have occasional light spotting, foxing, and offsetting, the contents are otherwise clean and without inscriptions or stamps. A handsome volume. 'Christmas Books' contains 'A Christmas Carol', 'The Chimes' 'The Cricket on the Hearth' 'The Battle of Life' and 'The Haunted Man'. The first edition of The Mystery of Edwin Drood was published posthumously. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.