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No DJ. Green cloth boards with gilts titles and an embossed leaf design on the spine. (See Photos)32 Illustrations throughout the book.Gilt Facsimilie of Dickens' signature on front cover.RARE- Could Not Find Any BOOK that existed on the internet anywhere. This is a RARE find in Perfect condition and a prize for a collector.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. FIRST EDITION in book form. 215 x 140 mm. (8 1/2 x 5 1/2). vii, [1] (blank), 190 pp. Without the leaf of publisher's ads. VERY ATTRACTIVE SCARLET CRUSHED MOROCCO BY CEDRIC CHIVERS (stamp-signed on rear turn-in) ca. 1911, covers framed by one blind and two gilt fillets, upper cover with INLAID PAINTED VELLUCENT ESCUTCHEON with the arms of the city of Rochester within a "tiled" gilt frame, the inlay enclosed by Art Nouveau floral design incorporating a heart motif, an onlaid citron morocco heart at the foot of the design, three raised bands dividing the spine into two small compartments, slightly larger compartment with gilt titling, and an elongated compartment with inlaid vellucent and gilt escutcheon displaying the arms of the county of Kent, within similar Art Nouveau tooling featuring an onlaid citron heart, turn-ins ruled in gilt, with dot cornerpieces, leather hinges, red watered silk endleaves, all edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait, engraved vignette title, and… Read More

London: Publishing Offices,, 1871-72. Who killed Edwin Drood? First edition, in the original monthly parts issued between October 1871 and May 1872, of the first of many attempts to solve The Mystery of Edwin Drood, the final, unfinished novel of Charles Dickens. The Mystery of Edwin Drood was projected to be published in twelve monthly parts, but Dickens had only completed six parts when he died of a stroke. Dickens had left no notes or instructions for how the novel was to be completed, and as a result "soon a whole Drood 'industry' (which still flourishes today) grew up, concerned with providing a plausible solution to the mystery" (ODNB). Though the continuation was published anonymously and later wrongly attributed to Charles Dickens junior and Wilkie Collins, the author was the New York journalist Henry Morford. "The plot, although the sparkle and brilliancy of the Master-hand is wanting, is very cleverly and interestingly worked out; and before the close poetical justice is done to all the… Read More

London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd.. 1870. First Edition; First Printing. Fine binding. Very Good+ in decorative boards. Small owner printed stamp on bottom of 2nd FEP. Light rubbing along panel edges and spine. First issue published in 1870 with “Tower” on p.1, “sentiment” on p.131, “years” on p.149, no “very” on p.168, and “reflection” on p.169. .

London (April-Sept.) 1870: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. In the original 6 monthly parts, in printed wrappers; an exceptional set, with ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver; notable are the famous "Cork Hats" ad in part II and the quite scarce "Chapman & Hall" 8 page ad in part V, dated 31st July, 1870. First issue, with "Price Eighteenpence" pasted onto front wrapper of part VI. All wrappers are correct. Twelve illustrations by S. L. Fildes and a portrait; [i-v]vi-vii, [1]2-190[192]. All plates are fine; spines are expertly renewed on all parts. Cork ad with short closed tear. [Together with] an autograph note by Dickens bibliographer, Thomas Hatton concerning this part I. Housed in a handsome red quarter leather slipcase, with chemise. Armorial bookplate on chemise. [Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 373-384]. Provenance: The (Thomas) Hatton & Cleaver Collection, The Heritage Bookshop, Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1870. FIRST EDITION. Title and contents at back of Volume VI. Complete with all publisher's advertisements. With 12 illustrations and portrait after S.L. Fields. Includes "Price Eighteenpence" slip pasted over the one shilling price on the front wrapper of Volume VI. Bound in original blue-green wrappers with very light wear to some of the edges. Preserved in a green clamshell box and matching slipcover; an excellent copy in wonderful condition.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First edition of Dickens' final novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt medallion portrait of Dickens on the front panel, gilt signature on the back panel, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Dickens, 12 engraved plates. An exceptional presentation.

London: Chapman and Hall,, 1870. Binding variants and more binding variants First edition in book form, an example of both the primary and secondary cloth bindings of the first edition, housed together. John Carter identified the two bindings in his 1932 classic Binding Variants (pp. 108-9), alongside a tertiary binding without gilt embellishment. Carter uses the entry to note the importance of studying variations in cloth for Dickens's novels, which were at the time mostly ignored in the bibliography of the author; Eckel, Carter notes, left them "severely alone". Subsequent bibliographic study of the cloth variants by Walter Smith and Lars Kremers has confirmed Carter's conclusions. Dickens's novels were printed in large batches and bound and issued over time as demand required. As often, the trend in binding style as the original publication date receded was towards simplicity and lower cost. The changes here between the two copies are indicative of this, the secondary copy having the removal of a… Read More

New York: Bigelow, Brown & Co., Inc, N.D.. Hardcover. Illustrated by Browne, Hablot Knight.; Cruikshank, George and others. Early 20th Century. The National Library Edition. Complete in twenty volumes. Publisher navy blue half morocco over patterned cloth, spines elaborately decorated in gold and with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt, title pages printed in red and black. With illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne ('Phiz'), George Cruikshank, and others. Volumes appear unread. The spines are not faded and the spine ends are intact. There are some minor scuffs to leather in some spots. Overall a very good+ set that presents quite nicely. ; Octavo.

Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co, 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. The complete first appearance of The Mystery of Edwin Drood as serialized in Every Saturday (April 9, 1870 to September 17, 1870). 880pp. Brown half calf, spine lettered in gold. Also includes the obituary of Charles Dickens (July 2, 1870, p. 418) and an essay on the unfinished novel (September 17, 1870, p.595). Illustrated with spectacular engravings by C. G. Bush, John Gilbert, Godefroy Durand, Gavarni, Pearson, Bodmer, and many others. Comes with a scarce contemporary Charles Dickens silk bookmark manufactured by Bollans & Co., of Leamington. Covers are worn, front cover partially split at spine, some very minor insect damage to the edges of some of the leaves. Binding is still solid. Internally very clean. At the time of this writing this is the only complete set of The Mystery of Edwin Drood published by Osgood available. ; Folio.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First Edition of Edwin Drood and The First 'Conclusion' - John Jasper's Secret Uniformly Bound by Zaehnsdorf DICKENS, Charles. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. With Twelve Illustrations by S.L. Fildes, and a Portrait. London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First edition in book form of Dickens's final work, left unfinished at the time of his death. Octavo (8 3/16 x 5 1/4 inches; 208 x 133 mm.). vii, [1, "Illustrations"], 190 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Dickens ("Engraved by J.H. Baker, from a Photograph taken in 1868, by Mason & Co."), wood-engraved vignette title by J. Brown, and twelve wood-engraved plates, two by the firm of Dalziel Brothers, ten by Charles Roberts, all after Samuel Luke Fildes. Occasional marginal staining, wood-engraved plate facing p. 98 with small (1/4 inch) marginal tear. A very good copy. Together with: [EDWIN DROOD], MORFORD, Henry, attributed to]. John Jasper's Secret: Being a Narrative of Certain Events Following and Explaining "The Mystery of… Read More

London: Chapman & Hall, 1870. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Samuel Luke Fields. The original six parts of 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood', the final unfinished work of Charles Dickens here in the original serialised parts. Complete in the six original parts - no more parts were published as Dickens died whilst writing.First issue, with the "eighteenpence" slip over the one shilling price to the front wrap of Part VI. Complete with all twelve plates called for, a well as a portrait frontispiece and engraved title page to Part VI.Collated; Part I lacks page 26/27 of the front advertisements and the four pages of adverts for 'Henry Brett' to the rear; Part III lacks all adverts to the rear besides the Chapman, Petter, and Galpin 'Publications' adverts; Part V lacking the eight pages of Chapman & Halls 'Recent Publication' adverts to the rear; and Part VI bound without the Wilcox and Gibbs advert 'Concerning Stitches' to the rear.The very scarce fragile advert for… Read More

London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. 6 volumes. First Edition in the six original monthly parts. Earliest issue of Part 6 with the "Price Eighteenpence" slip pasted over the one shilling price on the front wrapper, with the "Edwin Drood Advertiser" in each part. With the engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved title-page issued when Part No. 6 was issued, and 12 additional wood-engraved plates after S. L. Fildes. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, housed in a black cloth foldover case, with lettering label mimicking the design of the title on the wrappers. A very well preserved and handsome set with some minor chipping at the spine panels. FIRST EDITION OF THIS, DICKENS' LAST NOVEL, IN THE ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS. A very nice set agreeing with the collation given in Hatton and Cleaver with very few exceptions, the "cork" ad not present. Dickens' last and unfinished work. Inspired by and intended to rival Wilkie Collins' THE MOONSTONE, the mystery's elusive solution has been attempted… Read More

London: Chapman & Hall, 1870. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 9.5" by 6". Samuel Luke Fields. The final uncompleted work of Charles Dickens, here in the original six serialised parts. Complete in the six original parts.The first issue of Part VI, with the 'eighteenpence' slip pasted over the original on shilling price to the head of the front wrap.Complete with all twelve plates called for, a well as a portrait frontispiece and engraved title page to Part VI.Part I is complete with all ads.Part II is lacking the 'Cork Hats' advert. Part III is complete with all ads.Part IV is complete with all ads, and a duplicate of the final 'Chapman & Co Entire Wheat Flour' advert.Part V lacks pages 1-2, and 7-8 of 'Chapman & Hall's Recent Publications'.Part VI lacks the 'Wilcox & Gibbs "A New World at Home"' advert.In a custom cloth box, in a very good indeed condition.'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' was Dickens' final work, left unfinished upon his death in June 1870 - of… Read More

London: Chapman & Hall, 1870. First Edition. paperback. With Illustrations. Six monthly parts, all issued, in pictorial blue-green wrappers. London: Chapman & Hall, April - September, 1870. First Edition<br/><br/> One of the best known unfinished mysteries in literature. A better than average set, the spines intact, and minimal chipping and soiling to the wrappers. Contains all of the "Drood Advertiser" pages with the notable exception of the Cork plate. Preferred state of wrapper in Part VI, with "eighteen pence" pasted over the original price. Housed in a half leather solander case.<br/><br/>

London: Chapman & Hall, 1870. First Edition. In original six parts, including first state of No. 6, with price cancel mounted to upper wrapper; uniformly bound in original blue-green pictorial wrappers; 12 plates and tissue guards present; additional illustrated advertisements, including one lithographed in colors at rear of No. 1 and another advertising cork hats printed on cork bound in rear of No. 2. Wrappers of No. 1 quite worn and darkened with old paper reinforcement to match but now rather equally ragged; spines are all partially perished at base, old stain to No. 3, else a Near Very Good or better set housed in custom cloth and paper-covered slipcase. GIMBEL A154.

London: Chapman and Hall,, 1870. In the publisher's primary cloth binding First edition in book form, scarce in the original cloth in such nice condition. This copy is in Smith's binding variant A, described by Kremers as "primary and earlier" (p. 243), with the sawtooth border to the front board and the rear board stamped in black rather than in blind. The Mystery of Edwin Drood was projected to be published in twelve monthly parts, but Dickens had only completed six parts when he died of a stroke. The finished parts of the novel were gathered and published in the present book form the month following his death, but Dickens had left no notes or instructions for how the novel was to be completed, and as a result "soon a whole Drood 'industry' (which still flourishes today) grew up, concerned with providing a plausible solution to the mystery" (ODNB). Octavo. Original green bead-grain cloth, spine lettered in gilt and decoratively stamped in black, sawtooth and double-line border to front board in… Read More

London: Chapman & Hall, 1870. First edition from the original parts Dickens' final novel, with them bound in the rear. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards, frontispiece portrait of dickens, 12 wood-engraved plates, original wrappers bound in rear. In near fine condition.

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.

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, Chapman & Hall, 1870, first edition., a bright vg+ copy in the publishers origiinal decorated cloth binding. Very nice. HAYCRAFT/QUEEN cornerstone.