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No Name
by Collins, Wilkie
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Bolivia, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London, England.: Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1862. In three volumes: ix + 339 + 363 + 408 pages; vol. I & II with the half-titles present. British writer (William) Wilkie Collins (1824 - 1889) whose "...success was at its peak during the 1860s, when his four best-known novels, The Woman in White, No Name (1862), Armadale (1866), and The Moonstone (1868), were published. The term 'sensation novel' was coined by reviewers to describe them, and Collins was seen as the originator of this highly popular genre...Collins's work is also being re-evaluated. Many of his novels have appeared in critical editions, and there has been a proliferation of studies of his work as the subject of serious critical enquiry..." (Catherine Peters in the DNB) The front endpapers of all three volumes with the bookplate of Lady Sykes. Approx. 5" x 7 1/2" size; bound in marbled paper covered boards, burgundy calf leather corners & spines, with title pieces in red, gilt; simple gilt rule-lines; some edge, tips wear & scraping to the leather surfaces of the bindings, spine coloring faded a touch; a couple of pages in vol. I with some spotting and discoloration, title pages lightly foxed; in very good condition.. First Edition. Leather. Very Good.
Synopsis
No Name is a 19th-century novel by the master of sensation fiction, Wilkie Collins. A country gentleman is killed in an accident and his wife dies shortly after him. The blow is double for their daughters, who discover that they were born before their parents were married. Their sudden illegitimacy robs them of their inheritance and their accustomed place in society.
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- Bookseller
- Certain Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028715
- Title
- No Name
- Author
- Collins, Wilkie
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Son & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London, England.
- Date Published
- 1862
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- United Kingdom British Great Britain Literature Literary History Novel Wilkie Collins No Name Lady Sykes Ex-Libris Bookplate
- Bookseller catalogs
- General 2;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Bolivia, North Carolina
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
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