DICKENS, Charles. [MORFORD, Henry]: The Mystery of Edwin Drood. with: John Jasper's Secret

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DICKENS, Charles. [MORFORD, Henry] : The Mystery of Edwin Drood. with: John Jasper's Secret

London; Chapman and Hall. and: The London Publishing Offices. 1870/1872

First Edition, first issue of Edwin Drood, first edition of John Jasper's Secret. 2 vols. 8vo. Exquisitely bound by Zaehnsdorf in full brown calf, extra gilt decoration to spine and boards with onlay corner pieces and blind centre tools. Lightly rubbed, otherwise lovely examples of very high quality binding. Top edges gilt. Internally clean and beight with some very minor toning and spotting to page blocks. A beautiful set of the original mystery in first issue accompanied by an early example (perhaps the first) of one of its sequel attempts. There have been several attempted conclusions of Dickens' unfinished mystery, sensible and well written in the case of Leon Garfield's attempt, and occasionally wildly eccentric as in the case of the conclusion purportedly dictated to a medium by Dickens from beyond the grave. A handsome set.

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