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COLLINS, William Wilkie. The Woman in White. London: Sampson Low, Son and Co., 1860.
3 volumes, 8o. Half-titles, 16-page publisher's catalogue at end of vol. III. Original purple bead-grain cloth, blocked in blind, uncut, binder's ticket of Bone & Son on rear pastedown of first volume (slight leaning, light wear to corners, minor fading to spines); each in cloth folding case.
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION (following the American edition by a month) with the advertisment dated August 1, 1860 and listing Woman in White to be published "shortly." The Woman in White was first published in Harper's Weekly, November 26, 1859-August 4, 1860; and, in Dickens' All the Year Round, November 26, 1859-August 25, 1860. A LANDMARK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MYSTERY-DETECTIVE NOVEL. Glover & Greene 83; Parrish pp. 39-40; Sadleir 605a; Wolff 1377. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. (3)
3 volumes, 8
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION (following the American edition by a month) with the advertisment dated August 1, 1860 and listing Woman in White to be published "shortly." The Woman in White was first published in Harper's Weekly, November 26, 1859-August 4, 1860; and, in Dickens' All the Year Round, November 26, 1859-August 25, 1860. A LANDMARK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MYSTERY-DETECTIVE NOVEL. Glover & Greene 83; Parrish pp. 39-40; Sadleir 605a; Wolff 1377. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. (3)
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The title page of volume II is possibly supplied from another slighlty shorter copy of a first edition