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DICKENS, CHARLES. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London, 1870. Illustrated by Luke Fildes. 8vo, original green cloth, upper cover and spine blocked and lettered in gilt and black, spine ends and corners a little worn and frayed, a few small holes worn on joints;
some scattered foxing; bookplate. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, First binding (Carter A), and with sawtooth border. Smith 16; Carter, Binding Variants, pp. 108-09 -- Another copy in variant binding. 8vo, original yellowish green cloth, upper cover and spine blocked and lettered in gilt and black, spine ends and corners a little worn and frayed, joints rubbed; some foxing to frontispiece, title and some preliminaries; bookplates. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, First secondary binding (Carter B), with W.H. Smith catalogue (dated May, 1872) bound in at rear. Smith 16; Carter, Binding Variants, pp. 108-09. (2)
some scattered foxing; bookplate. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, First binding (Carter A), and with sawtooth border. Smith 16; Carter, Binding Variants, pp. 108-09 -- Another copy in variant binding. 8vo, original yellowish green cloth, upper cover and spine blocked and lettered in gilt and black, spine ends and corners a little worn and frayed, joints rubbed; some foxing to frontispiece, title and some preliminaries; bookplates. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, First secondary binding (Carter B), with W.H. Smith catalogue (dated May, 1872) bound in at rear. Smith 16; Carter, Binding Variants, pp. 108-09. (2)