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Dickens, Charles : The Mystery of Edwin Drood Reprinted Pieces and Other Stories

Chapman and Hall, London

[Circa unknown] Hardcover, Household Edition, reprinted from original. THIS IS THE ACTUAL TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY BOOK - NOT A FACSMILE, RECENT REPRINT, OR LIBRARY BOOK. About 7¾-inches wide x 10-inches high. 348 pages. Untrimmed top edge. Elaborate gilt lettering, designs on front cover and spine, with borders and design in blind on back cover. Frontispiece, 30 renderings including plates by three different illustrators. Condition: Lightly age toned, shelf wear with light bumps to bottom extremities, two corners worn, light fraying to top/foot of spine; wear/small tears/rubbing to joints; light rippling of spine cloth in small area; a few small discoloration spots on rear cover. Internally: Former owners' names and a date, along with notations by bookseller in pencil on first free endpaper. Scattered foxing, creases, some soiling, and light waving of text block. Several page corners bumped (with creases). Else overall Very Good. Free of bookplates or stickers. Pages very readable, illustrations clean, vivid. A beautiful, decorative hardcover and a classic Dickens's story. Edwin Drood is the uncle of Edwin Drood, John Jasper, who, among other activities, directs the choir, smokes opium, and has an infatuation with one of his pupils. It's all Dickens, in story and character development. Plus there are other stories in the book sure to please. And the book was printed in Dicken's home country, England. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so you'll know exactly what you will be receiving when you order. We ship promptly.. Illustr.: L. Fildes, E. G. Dalziel, and F. Barnard. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover

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