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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall, 1870. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. [7], vi-vii, [2], 2-190, [2] pp. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine in seven compartments with gilt tooling and a black morocco label lettered in gilt on the second compartment; all edges marbled. Engraved vignette title page. With twelve illustrations by S.L. Fildes, and a portrait. Bound from the original parts. Lacks the wrappers and the advertisements. Eckel 96-98. Gimbel A154. Hatton & Cleaver 373-[384]. A beautiful copy of Dickens' unfinished final novel. Leaves show a few spots of foxing, not affecting the illustrations or text.
Synopsis
The Mystery of Edwin Drood marked the last of Charles Dickens novels, and was left unfinished in its publication. It follows the story of an orphan, Edwin Drood who worked as an engineer for his adoptive father’s firm, and his betrothal to fellow orphan Rosa Bud. As they come to age there is recognition that their love has been replaced by friendship, and the engagement is soon broken off. Shortly afterwards, in the middle of a storm on Christmas Eve, Edwin disappears, leaving nothing behind but some personal belongings and the suspicion that his killer was his jealous uncle John Jasper, or a fellow orphan Neville, who were both madly in love with Rosa. The fantastical story intrigues the reader with the darkness the opium dens within the sleepy cathedral town of Cloisterham, and the sinister double life of Choirmaster Jasper, whose drug-fuelled fantasy life belies his respectable appearance. Charles Dickens passed before the novel could be completed, leaving a tantalizing mystery that will never be solved.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00008461
- Title
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1870
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About the Seller
Evening Star Books
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Madison, Wisconsin
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Marbled boards
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