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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
by Dickens, Charles
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First Edition. Octavo. First issue according to Smith. Portrait frontispiece of Mr. Dickens, engraved vignette title page and regular title page, illustrated with 12 other engravings by S.L. Fildes. This would be the last book ever written by Charles Dickens and left unfinished because he had had a stroke and died the following day. The story was never finished but was published. There were several who had written their own ending. Bound in 3/4 red Morocco over red pebble grained cloth, decorative gilt roles to both boards, raised bands gilt, compartments lettered and fully gilt decorated, marbled endpapers, all edges marble, From the library of Terence Francis Carmody and Henry B. Hearn. four very small, closed tears to the outer margins of pages 72-79, minor scattered foxing to first and last few leaves, internally clean, joints and corners rubbed. A very good copy.
Synopsis
The Mystery of Edwin Drood marked the last of Charles Dickens novels, and was left unfinished in its publication. It follows the story of an orphan, Edwin Drood who worked as an engineer for his adoptive father’s firm, and his betrothal to fellow orphan Rosa Bud. As they come to age there is recognition that their love has been replaced by friendship, and the engagement is soon broken off. Shortly afterwards, in the middle of a storm on Christmas Eve, Edwin disappears, leaving nothing behind but some personal belongings and the suspicion that his killer was his jealous uncle John Jasper, or a fellow orphan Neville, who were both madly in love with Rosa. The fantastical story intrigues the reader with the darkness the opium dens within the sleepy cathedral town of Cloisterham, and the sinister double life of Choirmaster Jasper, whose drug-fuelled fantasy life belies his respectable appearance. Charles Dickens passed before the novel could be completed, leaving a tantalizing mystery that will never be solved.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022967
- Title
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- Mystery Edwin Drood Dickens First Issue
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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