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STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE.
by STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886. First U.K. and first hardcover edition., 1886. First edition. Preceded by the U.S. edition published four days earlier in the same year. A fine, bright, square copy of a book that seldom appears on the market. A classic of English literature and one of the greatest of all masterpieces of psychological and moral horror. The good doctor makes out his mysterious will advising his lawyer that in the event of his death all his possessions should pass into the hands of his "friend and benefactor Edward Hyde." Clute and Nicholls eds., THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION, page 1165 say, ".... a Faustian moral fable which takes the form of a tale of mystery and horror. It precedes Oscar Wilde's THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (1891), which in some respects resembles it, by five years, and is the prototype of all stories of multiple personality, transformation and possession; in some respects it is also a tale of drug dependency." Housed in a green quarter leather and cloth clamshell case with raised bands on the spine and titles stamped in gold gilt. A Haycraft/Queen Cornerstone mystery. An exceptional copy.
Synopsis
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886. It is about a London lawyer who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the misanthropic Mr Hyde. The work is known for its vivid portrayal of a split personality, split in the sense that within the same person there is both an apparently good and an evil personality each being quite distinct from the other.
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On Sep 3 2019, a reader said:
Love this book! My friend has this book in Hardback from Gregg Publishing Co. 1920 a friend had passed down and passed away sence a true blessing to had recieved this book before his padding
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- Bookseller
- BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22471
- Title
- STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE.
- Author
- STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886. First U.K. and first hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1886
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