the mystery of edwin drood by charles dickens

Description: Three quarter maroon leather binding with ornate decorated five ridge spine. P177, 9 lines up l (L)may be imperfect in girl.'. P168, line 26 very may not be printed or only lightly so before pleasant. P74, line 18 no initial single quote before Past. P43, last line i dropped slightly in intent. 'First Edition, early issue points included: P1, lines 1 and 2 Tower for town. With all but the last one of the following 'internal flaws' referred to by Smith uncorrected. Smith pp 412-416 Podeschi (Yale) A156 Carr (UTexas) B278 Wilkins p.

The volume is in near-fine condition (very minor wear at the spine ends). This copy is in the primary binding state - 9-7/16 inches tall, with the FO&Co emblem on the covers and at the foot of the spine - and it is green (one of three colors without priority). (Ticknor & Fields had specifically commissioned Dickens to write 'Holiday Romance,' so that it could appear in their children's periodical Our Young Folks in 1868.) Harper also serialized DROOD in a monthly Dickens supplement to Harper's Weekly, but did not get their book edition out until late September. Fields's introductory 'Some Memories of Charles Dickens,' plus Dickens's 'George Silverman's Explanation,' 'Holiday Romance,' 'Sketches of Young Couples,' and 'New Uncommercial Samples,' plus 'The Will of Charles Dickens.' Since 1867, Ticknor & Fields (and then Fields Osgood) had been Dickens's authorized publisher in America they had serialized DROOD in their weekly Every Saturday, and then published this book in early September. The 'Uncollected Pieces' consist of James T. This has led some bibliographers to speculate that the two issues may be from the same printing, with only a change in the title page: Smith, noting that he could not find a publication date for the first issue, says 'Perhaps such copies represent a prepublication state rather than an issue and were published simultaneously with copies which had the uncollected pieces.'. The scarce earlier issue, withOUT the 'Uncollected Pieces,' was bound only in wrappers furthermore, the subsequent additions are just that - the text of DROOD is exactly the same in both issues. First American Edition, second and usual issue with added material - of the tale left unfinished at the time of Dickens's death in June 1870.

The mystery of edwin drood by charles dickens