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DICKENS, CHARLES. The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

DICKENS, CHARLES. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Portrait of Dickens engraved by J. H. Baker from a photograph; 12 plates after Samuel Luke Fildes. Parts 1-6 [all published]. 8vo, original illustrated blue wrappers, occasional minor chipping along edges, most spines with early expert repair and/or reinforcement; custom cloth chemise and 1/2 morocco case, back faded and a bit scuffed. London, April-September 1870

  • Notes: first edition in the original parts; second issue of part 6, with "Eighteenpence" instead of "One Shilling" on front cover. With the Edwin Drood Advertiser in each part and nearly all the other inserted ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver, pages 373-84, including the cork slip in part 2, though it is lacking upper left portion.
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