"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
— Mark Twain
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Illustrations by Mervyn Peake.
London: The Folio Society, 1948. [Classic Strange Tale] FIRST PEAKE EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.148. With duotone illustrations. Bound in modern black half morocco with contrasting red morocco gilt-lettered title label to spine, marbled paper-covered sides, original cloth covers preserved at rear. Contents clean, exterior unmarked. Presented in an attractive recent leather binding. The classic mystery crime novel/ horror story (or 'Crawler' as Stevenson called it), inspired by the case of the Edinburgh body snatchers Burke and Hare, was written in just three days, although it was shelved by the author for three years as he considered it too disturbing for publication. "Jekyll and Hyde" is a chilling masterpiece work; a brilliantly suggestive, resonant study of human duality by a natural storyteller. Item #75122
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