The Mystery of Edwin Drood. In Original Parts
London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Item #47657
8vo. First edition in six original parts in illustrated blue wrappers, 14 engraved plates, with 'Edwin Drood' advertiser in each issue and other inserts present, thus [No.1] 36pp. 'Drood' ads, 2pp yellow sheet (cod liver oil). 4pp pink sheet (Mutual Life), 4pp white sheet catalogue (Cassells) 8pp yellow sheet catalogue (Chapman and Hall) 4pp colour printed catalogue (Henry Brett, distillers). [No.2] 20pp. 'Drood' ads, 4pp white sheet (Sewing machines), 2pp printed cork (ventilating cork hat). [No.3] 20pp. 'Drood' ads, 2pp yellow sheet (cod liver oil), 2 pp half-size yellow slip (All the Year Round), 8pp. white sheet catalogue (Chapman and Hall), 4pp white sheet (Chapman Wheat Flour), 4pp. white sheet catalogue ( Cassell). [No.4] 24pp 'Drood' ads, 4pp white sheet (Sewing machines), 4pp blue sheet (Scottish Widows Life Assurance). [No.5] 20pp 'Drood' ads, 2pp off-white sheet (Land and Water Weekly), 4pp yellow sheet (Chapman and Co.) [No.6] 18pp. 'Drood' ads, 4pp white sheet (Sewing machines). The final part also contains 2pp Dickens ads plus printed title-page and preliminaries for the book-form edition. The Wrapper has a paste-over price of 18d., all others priced 1s. This is Dickens' final, unfinished novel. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone novel of mystery fiction. Chipping and loss to the spines around the foot of each, clean on the whole and without restoration, housed in a black leather and cloth clamshell.
Price (CAD): $5,000.00