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CHARLES DICKENS: THE COLLECTION OF W.H. COLLIS OF LIVERPOOL
Lot 132

DICKENS (CHARLES)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, IN 6 ORIGINAL PARTS, Chapman and Hall, April-September 1870

1 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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DICKENS (CHARLES)

The Mystery of Edwin Drood, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, IN 6 ORIGINAL PARTS, engraved portrait, additional vignette title and 12 wood-engraved plates after Luke Fildes, advertisements present as called for by Hatton & Cleaver except the rare Chapman & Hall catalogue in part 5, but including the fragile 'Cork Hat' slip in part 2, occasional foxing and soiling, publisher's blue pictorial wrappers after C.A. Collins, some soiling and old ink marks, part 1 wrappers frayed and chipped (slight loss to front, corner torn from rear affecting last word on inside), 5 of the spines either repaired or with some loss, part 4 "untouched" [Eckel p.96; Gimbel A154; Hatton & Cleaver p.373-384], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, April-September 1870

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