WATCHED BY THE DEAD : A LOVING STUDY OF DICKENS' HALF-TOLD TALE.
by PROCTOR, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888 :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : W. H. Allen & Co., 1887. First edition. An interesting study and possible solution to 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood', supplied by the prolific writer on astronomy, mathematics, etc. Crown 8vo (19cm). viii,166,[ii] + (48)pp advertisements dated December 1887. Extra engraved title-page. Original decorative cloth gilt; spine slightly tanned; slight wear to tips; endpapers cracking; a little shaken and slack, but a clean and serviceable copy. With the ex-libris label of the well known doctor-cum-actor, Eric John Llewellyn Jones-Evans (1898-1989), and the earlier dated February 1888 ownership inscription of A. M. Heathcote of Winchester - Arthur Malcolm Heathcote (1847-1934), publisher, author of verse plays for children, reciter, entertainer, etc. Loosely inserted is a stamped and receipted 1935 invoice from the booksellers H. M. Gilbert & Son of Southampton to Dr. Jones-Evans.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39498
- Title
- WATCHED BY THE DEAD : A LOVING STUDY OF DICKENS' HALF-TOLD TALE.
- Author
- PROCTOR, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : W. H. Allen & Co., 1887.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Charles Dickens, Edwin Drood
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