The mystery of edwin drood.
London.
Chapman and Hall, 1870.
First edition.
8vo.
vii, [1], 190pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and 12 engraved plates. Bound by Frank Murray of Derby (ticket to FEP) in contemporary olive-green half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, T.E.G. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers and advertisements bound in. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting, some loss to wrappers/advertisements.
The first edition of Dickens's unfinished final novel concerning the peculiar disappearance of the eponymous young ward.
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref: 30821
