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Poor Miss Finch
by COLLINS, Wilkie
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1872. First American Edition. Tall octavo (23.5cm); tan cloth, with red and gilt spine label; 10-196+4pp, portrait (w/ facsimilie signature), frontispiece. Spine tanned, label chipped; boards soiled and worn, mild rubbing and bumps to extremities. Ex libris on front pastedown; textblock edges scratched; interiors smudged and foxed throughout; signatures unevenly bound. Else Very Good.
This is a somewhat scarce American edition of Wilkie Collins' Poor Miss Finch, his sensation novel about a young blind woman who regains her sight but ends up in a bizarre love triangle between herself and twin brothers, one of whom has turned dark blue as a result of dosing silver nitrate. Collins dedicated this novel to his contemporary (and mutual friend of Charles Dickens), travelogue writer Francis Minto Elliot. B/w illustrations throughout. With a 4pp publisher's catalogue following the text.
This is a somewhat scarce American edition of Wilkie Collins' Poor Miss Finch, his sensation novel about a young blind woman who regains her sight but ends up in a bizarre love triangle between herself and twin brothers, one of whom has turned dark blue as a result of dosing silver nitrate. Collins dedicated this novel to his contemporary (and mutual friend of Charles Dickens), travelogue writer Francis Minto Elliot. B/w illustrations throughout. With a 4pp publisher's catalogue following the text.
Synopsis
You are here invited to read the story of an Event which occurred in an out-of-the-way corner of England, some years since.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47797
- Title
- Poor Miss Finch
- Author
- COLLINS, Wilkie
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1872
- Bookseller catalogs
- Great Britain; Literature Before 1900;
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
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