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The Complete Mystery of Edwin Drood, by Charles Dickens. The History, Continuations, and Solutions (1870-1812) by J. Cuming Walters
by DICKENS, Charles and J. Cuming Walters
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- first
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1913. First American Edition. Octavo (22.75cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; xl,267,[1]pp, with portrait frontispiece of the author and 30 illustrations. Spine ends gently nudged, some light scattered dust-soil to rear cover, with the edges of the front cover showing a barely discernable trace of bowing; contents fresh; Near Fine. A continuation of Dickens's 1870 novel (which lay unfinished at the time of his death) by noted Dickensian and Drood scholar John Cuming Walters (1863-1933).
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61292
- Title
- The Complete Mystery of Edwin Drood, by Charles Dickens. The History, Continuations, and Solutions (1870-1812) by J. Cuming Walters
- Author
- DICKENS, Charles and J. Cuming Walters
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Dana Estes & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1913
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature Before 1900;
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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