1/21/2024 0 Comments Edwin drood![]() The issue points of spelling and printing in this book conform exactly to those listed by Walter E. list of Charles Dickens works & blank page at rear.* Description: This is the Charles Dickens, Mystery of Edwin Drood first edition in book form published posthumously by Chapman and Hall in 1870. GD+.* Illustrations: Engraved portrait of author with facsimile signature to frontis and facing print of a scene showing Rochester Castle and the River Medway with twelve prints by S.L. Part One front blue cover page frayed and re-inforced with paper strip. ![]() Minor reading wear, a few pages slightly loose, no annotations or inscriptions to text, top and fore edge somewhat aged. Clean, crisp, and bright with some slight foxing to a few pages. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. No bumps, minor rubs, some slight shelf wear to edges and corners. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1870* Publisher: * Binding and cover condition: Mid green cloth heavily marked except to spine which is somewhat darkened, gilt title to red spine label & gilt decoration to head and tail of spine. HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Genuine 1st.* Imp: 1st. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. ![]() rear end paper starting- mull and sewing cords holding, pencil notes from a reading to rear paste down and occassional margin marking of such references, moderate foxing to prelims with occassional soiling, glue is beginning to fail to back strip with consequential straining to some signatures). Good (Book- cloth rubbed at extremities with some fraying especially to head and tail of spine, previous owner book plate to front paste down- Adolphus William Ward late Master of Peterhouse Cambridge with later same family book plate to free front end paper - daughter and son in law Cynthia and John Barnes - Sir John was late British Ambassador to The Netherlands and previously Israel. First book edition 1870 with saw tooth border around front cover and all other first issue points. Portrait, vignette title page + 12 illustrations by S.L.Fildes as called for. Original pale yellow made end papers, viii + 190 pp + 2 of publisher's adverts. Publisher's Victorian decorative dark green cloth boards with bright gilt titles to spine and front, 225 x 155 mm approx. With 2 engraved plates including separated by overlay. Moderate shelf wear/rubbing/chipping to extremities and rough edges (folds), light foxing throughout, else tight, bright, and unmarred. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. In doing so, he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. The ending Dickens intended remains unknown, the mystery unsolved. Although a September installment appeared, the last six expected installments were never written and therefore never printed. An installment of Dickens' last novel, left unfinished at the time of his death in June 1870. Illustrated by Luke Fildes, illustrations in advertising. Formerly owned by Oliver Sacks (unsigned).
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |