Author: Charles Dickens
Title: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Description: London, Chapman and Hall, 1870. First edition. Leather. A first edition, bound from the parts, of Charles Dickens' last and unfinished novel, illustrated by S. L. Fildes. The first edition of this work in a half calf binding. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Dickens with a facsimile signature and the date 1870; an engraved title page complete with vignette; and twelve further plates. Collated, complete. 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' was Dickens' final work, left unfinished upon his death in June 1870; of the twelve instalments planned, only six had been written. As Dickens hadn't left a clear or detailed plan as to the continuation or resolution of the plot, the 'Mystery' was left unsolved. Illustrated throughout by Sir Samuel Luke Fildes, a British painter and illustrator. This copy complies with all issue points for the first impression according to Eckel (p.97), but is lacking the cover wraps for each part and the advertisements. In a half calf binding. Externally fairly smart, though rubbed to the spine and extremities, with light shelf wear to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age toned with the occasional spot. Very Good . Ill.: S. L. Fildes. Very Good .

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