The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; 190 [2]. With twelve engravings by Fildes and a frontispiece portrait of Dickens. Contemporary half scarlet calf over marbled paper-covered sides, full gilt back, marbled edges and endpapers. Nineteenth century book label 'Henry William Symes'. All plates present. Contents clean, some sporadic foxing, tissue guard toned, no inscriptions, binding gently aged. A near fine copy. Charles Dickens' final, unfinished novel. Completing only six of twelve planned instalments before his death, Dickens was never able to reveal the solution to the mystery. Item #71676
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