Search Results: the mystery of edwin drood with by dickens charles

Dust jacket shows some shelf-wear and scuffing. Volume is in good condition.

Waverley Book Company, nd c 1912. reprint.. Hardback. Red cloth gilt, F. viii+552+viii+440pp, 26 b/w plates, fore edges a little foxed, otherwise a fine copy in bright cloth. A facsimile of the 'Author's Favourite Edition' originally published by Chapman & Hall. On the verso of the half title it states : This is an exact facsimilie in every detail of text and illustration, excepting on the title pages, of the last edition of his works published under the eye of Charles Dickens, and described by him as 'this is the best edition of my books.' The Style of Binding being also copied from the original. A collection of Dicken's short stories, along with his unfinished novel.

London: Collins. Very Good. 1956. Softcover. Reprint 1972. Maroom leatherette with gold lettering to spine. Bibliography. 250gms weight; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 354 pages .

Franklin Library, 1988. Leather. Very Good. 0x0x0. The Franklin Library; Franklin Center, 1988. Deluxe Leather Collector’s Edition. A Very Good Copy. Gilt embossed full leather binding is nice with sharp corners, AEG with few blemishes and some foxing. Bound in Fine Genuine Leather - 22kt gold-stamped spine accents - Distinctive raised spine hubs, - Intricate gilt stamped cover designs, - Specially milled acid-neutral paper, - Smyth-sewn pages, - Gilded page edges, - Permanent satin ribbon page-marker. Binding sturdy and intact, some handling marks, mild musty odor. 204pp. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.

Independently published, 2019. Paperback. New. 311 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.71 inches.

Paperback / softback. New.

Read & Co. Classics, 2020. Paperback. New. 306 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.77 inches.

Paperback / softback. New.

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London : A. Deutsch, 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xv, 327 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Subjects; Choral conductors ; Fiction. Missing persons ; Fiction. Cathedrals ; Fiction. England Social life and customs 19th century ; Fiction. England ; Fiction.

Hardback. New.

Chapman & Dodd. hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). Scattered foxing. Undated, circa 1920's. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Hardback. New.

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Hardback. New.

1982. The Folio Society, London. 1982. First edition, thus. Hardback with green slipcase. Large 8vo. Illustrated and with black and white frontis. Grey printed paper covered boards with green cloth backstrip and gilt and black to spine. A lovely copy.

London: Penguin, 1994. Trade Paperback Edition. From the library of legendary science fiction author Forrest J Ackerman. Signed and inscribed by the book’s editor, Arthur J. Cox, to his friend and colleague Forrest J Ackerman: “On His 92nd Birthday, 24 November, 2008. For Forry Ackerman, in gratitude for a Lifetime of friendship, from Arthur Jean Cox.” With a 2” tear to the top of the rear cover, else a very good only slightly used copy in printed wrappers. ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ was Dickens’s last novel, and, sadly, was published after his death. Forrest J Ackerman (1916–2008), or ‘Mr. Science Fiction,’ was from the 1930s into the 21st century, one of science fiction's best known promoters, spokesman, popular culture advocate, and was the creator of the now universally used term “sci-fi”. Living throughout his life in Los Angeles, Ackerman was a magazine editor, science fiction writer and literary agent, a founder of science fiction fandom. Internationally known for his… Read More

London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. vii,(1),190pp. The first edition in book form with all the proper text points and the Fildes illustrations but without the ads at rear. 3/4 green morocco, gilt, over textured green cloth. Spine with five raised bands. Steel engraved frontispiece portrait of Dickens. Added engraved title with a large vignette. Illustrated with 12 woodcut plates. Hinges and extremities rubbed but sound. This work, Dickens' last book, was originally issued in wrappers in six parts. At the time of his death he had not yet written the 7th and final part, and to this day the identity of Edwin Drood's killer remains one of the great unsolved mysteries of literature. Sadleir, M. 19th cent. fiction,; 694; Wolff, R.L. 19th cent. fiction,; 1805; Podeschi, J.B. Dickens & Dickensiana,; A155; Carr, L. VanderPoel Dickens,; B277.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 190p illustrated with 12 plates and a frontispiece portrait. 2 pages of ads. Matches all the points for a first edition according to Walter E Smith bibliography except the 2 points on page 177. Bound in period red cloth gilt title and author on spine. Tiny label (period) on inside panel "bound by Chamberlain Printer Book Binder, Stationer 29 30 Lake road ?? Spine torn on one side and flapping.

Chapman and Hall. London. 1870.. pp. vii, (i), 190. Portrait frontispiece, engraved title, 12 plates. Bound within the printed wrappers of the original part III June 1870, with later half calf, rebacked, top corner of the portrait creased, one plate with an old repair in the top gutter margin without loss, good overall.