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Armadale
by Collins, Wilkie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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Manasquan, New Jersey, United States
Item Price
€279.07€223.26
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1866. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. Tall 8vo., [i-vii] viii [9] 10-320pp. Beautiful First American Edition, published almost concurrently with the British Edition. The Smith, Elder two-volume edition was published in London in June of 1866, though it was advertised as for sale in mid May, Harper's edition was advertised for sale a week later. Original dark green pebbled cloth with titles in gilt on spine. 2pp of prelim. ads as called for. Frontis of the author and in-text illustrations by Thomas. Double-column text. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no scattered foxing. Perhaps the odd spot here and there and mostly to end-papers. Minor edge-wear. Some blemishes and scratches to the cloth but still quite well-preserved. Unfaded gilt. Solid and clean overall and I think better than a Very Good but not Near Fine. A very pretty collectable copy of Collins' third great mystery after "The Woman in White" and "The Moonstone". Surprisingly one of the more uncommon of Collins' titles. (Hubin p.88; Gasson p.10-11).
Synopsis
When the elderly Allan Armadale makes a terrible confession on his death-bed, he has little idea of the repercussions to come, for the secret he reveals involves the mysterious Lydia Gwilt: flame-haired temptress, bigamist, laudanum addict and husband-poisoner. Her malicious intrigues fuel the plot of this gripping melodrama: a tale of confused identities, inherited curses, romantic rivalries, espionage, money – and murder. The character of Lydia Gwilt horrified contemporary critics, with one reviewer describing her as 'One of the most hardened female villains whose devices and desires have ever blackened fiction'. She remains among the most enigmatic and fascinating women in nineteenth-century literature and the dark heart of this most sensational of Victorian 'sensation novels'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Brenner's Collectable Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014621
- Title
- Armadale
- Author
- Collins, Wilkie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1866
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Crime Drama;
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Manasquan, New Jersey
About Brenner's Collectable Books
35 Plus years buying and selling collectable books. Member ABAA, ILAB, IOBA.
An eclectic mix of good books specializing in Sci-Fi, Mystery, General Antiquarian, Books About Books, Signed First Editions, Vintage Paperbacks, Modern Fiction and many, many others. Prompt, professional customer service, always!.
Please excuse any glare or reflections in the pictures. Books I know; photography not so much. I will answer any questions regarding condition if photos are unclear or provide additional photos if needed.
All books are stored in a temperature controlled library in a smoke free home. All books are professionally packed and shipped and all jacketed books will come with an archival Brodart jacket protector.
An eclectic mix of good books specializing in Sci-Fi, Mystery, General Antiquarian, Books About Books, Signed First Editions, Vintage Paperbacks, Modern Fiction and many, many others. Prompt, professional customer service, always!.
Please excuse any glare or reflections in the pictures. Books I know; photography not so much. I will answer any questions regarding condition if photos are unclear or provide additional photos if needed.
All books are stored in a temperature controlled library in a smoke free home. All books are professionally packed and shipped and all jacketed books will come with an archival Brodart jacket protector.
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- Pebbled
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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