Author: HANES, SUSAN R.
Title: Wilkie Collins's American Tour, 1873-4
Description: London: Pickering & Chatto, 2008. 1851969683. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 1851969683. Publisher's glossy laminated boards. William Wilkie Collins (1824 – 1889) was an English novelist, playwright and short story writer best known for The Woman in White (1859) and The Moonstone (1868). The last has been called the first modern English detective novel. In 1873–74, Collins toured the United States and Canada, giving readings of his work. The American writers he met included Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr, and Mark Twain, and he began a friendship with the photographer Napoleon Sarony, who took several portraits of him. This volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. AS NEW. The History of the Book Series. Vol. 3. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 155 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .
Keywords: 1851969683 History; Authors; Literature; Wilkie Collins; Susan Hanes; Biography; History Biography & Memoir Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books
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Title: Wilkie Collins's American Tour, 1873-4
Description: London: Pickering & Chatto, 2008. 1851969683. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 1851969683. Publisher's glossy laminated boards. William Wilkie Collins (1824 – 1889) was an English novelist, playwright and short story writer best known for The Woman in White (1859) and The Moonstone (1868). The last has been called the first modern English detective novel. In 1873–74, Collins toured the United States and Canada, giving readings of his work. The American writers he met included Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr, and Mark Twain, and he began a friendship with the photographer Napoleon Sarony, who took several portraits of him. This volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. AS NEW. The History of the Book Series. Vol. 3. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 155 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .
Keywords: 1851969683 History; Authors; Literature; Wilkie Collins; Susan Hanes; Biography; History Biography & Memoir Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books
Price: US$ 30.00 Seller: Round Table Books, LLC
- Book number: 25797
- Book number: 25797
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