The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
The Easton Press, The Collector's Library of Famous Editions (1993). First Edition in this format; Collector's Edition. Illustrated by Leonard Rosoman. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Used - Near Fine condition. Very minor shelf wear to bottom edges. Binding and text block are otherwise tight, bright, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Bound In full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper with gilded edges. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire fabric end leaves, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes From The Archives sheet laid in. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.
Beautiful gift book for the mystery lover!
Synopsis
The Woman in White famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter is drawn into the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his 'charming' friend Count Fosco, who has a taste for white mice, vanilla bonbons and poison. Pursuing questions of identity and insanity along the paths and corridors of English country houses and the madhouse, The Woman in White is the first and most influential of the Victorian genre that combined Gothic horror with psychological realism.
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- Bookseller
- Barbed Wire Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M0217
- Title
- The Woman in White
- Author
- Wilkie Collins
- Illustrator
- Leonard Rosoman
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1993
- Pages
- 534
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Mysteries, 19th Century, Classics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Easton Press;
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