The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1870.
Price: $2,500.00
About the item
First edition, first issue. Engraved portrait frontispiece by J.H. Baker; title vignette and 12 illustrations by Samuel Luke Fildes bound in. [viii], 190, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Rebound half modern brown calf and marbled boards, stamped in gilt on spine. All fore edges marbled, slightly tanned. Light foxing throughout. Two pages advertising various editions of Dickens works at rear. Smith 16; Podeschi, Gimbel Collection A155.
Item #376295
A desirable copy of Dickens' last book. Originally intended to be issued in twelve parts, starting April 1870, the serialization was interrupted after the sixth installment by Dickens' untimely death on June 9, 1870. This first edition of Drood in book form was released on August 31, 1870, with all known first issue points present.
