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No Name
by Collins, Wilkie
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very good in publisher's red cloth stamped in blind, spines decorated and lettered in gilt, light to moderate rubbing to extremi
- Seller
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Haddonfield, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Son Co, 1862. First edition. Very good in publisher's red cloth stamped in blind, spines decorated and lettered in gilt, light to moderate rubbing to extremities, fraying to spine tips, minor dust soiling, front hinge strengthened in vol. I, occasional foxing and smudging, abrasions to front pastedowns with some paper loss to vol. III, few small nicks to front flyleaves.. Triple decker first edition in book form in the original cloth.
"No Name is [] an unsettling drama centered on a powerful woman . . . in which [Collins] challenges Victorian legal and cultural injustices, almost always from a strongly feminist viewpoint - although he firmly resisted being labeled a feminist." Gottlieb, Near-Death Experiences and Others (2018).
8vo. 3 vols. ix, [i], 339pp., [1]; [iv], 363pp., [1]; [ii], 408pp. Half-titles in volumes I and II, as called for. Sadleir, Excursions 141. Parrish 45-46.
"No Name is [] an unsettling drama centered on a powerful woman . . . in which [Collins] challenges Victorian legal and cultural injustices, almost always from a strongly feminist viewpoint - although he firmly resisted being labeled a feminist." Gottlieb, Near-Death Experiences and Others (2018).
8vo. 3 vols. ix, [i], 339pp., [1]; [iv], 363pp., [1]; [ii], 408pp. Half-titles in volumes I and II, as called for. Sadleir, Excursions 141. Parrish 45-46.
Synopsis
No Name is a 19th-century novel by the master of sensation fiction, Wilkie Collins. A country gentleman is killed in an accident and his wife dies shortly after him. The blow is double for their daughters, who discover that they were born before their parents were married. Their sudden illegitimacy robs them of their inheritance and their accustomed place in society.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nelson Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 327
- Title
- No Name
- Author
- Collins, Wilkie
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in publisher's red cloth stamped in blind, spines decorated and lettered in gilt, light to moderate rubbing to extremi
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Son Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1862
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Nelson Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB
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Haddonfield, New Jersey
About Nelson Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB
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