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The mystery of Edwin Drood.
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Tuxedo Park, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First edition in book form.. Good +. 22 cm; viii, 190 pages, portrait frontispiece and 12 full page illustrations by S.L. Fildes. No publisher's ads at end. In polished half calf over marbled boards. Marbled edges. Spine brightly gilt with red and black title labels. Marbled edges. Armorial bookplate of G. J. Crosby Dawson. Edges rubbed. Pages with variously scattered foxing, especially at beginning and end (see photo of title page).
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 As they come to age there is recognition that their love has been replaced by friendship, and the engagement is soon broken off.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
- Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6711
- Title
- The mystery of Edwin Drood.
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition in book form.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1870
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
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About the Seller
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
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Tuxedo Park, New York
About Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio owes its name and its inspiration to the traditional Italian studio bibliografico. These small antiquarian bookshops, typically run by individuals who combine deep scholarship with a love of the printed object, remind us that underlying the words "study" and "studio" is the Latin term for zeal and devotion, studium. Since 1993, my goal has been to match discerning collectors with extraordinary books and manuscripts.
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