Shelfmark
Icc2.5.31
Author
Title
The mystery of Edwin Drood / by Charles Dickens ; with twelve illustrations by S. L. Fildes and a portrait.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly, 1870.
Physical description
viii, 190 [2] p., [14] leaves of plates ; ill., port. ; 23 cm.
Note
With additional engraved title-page.
Note
Includes publisher's statement.
Note
With final advertisement leaf.
Note
Publisher's green diaper cloth with blind stamped decoration and lettering stamped in gold on spine.
Provenance
Ms. inscription: "For my dearest Husband [John Villiers Stuart Townshend] from his devotedly attached & loving wife, Annie E. C. Townshend, Balls July 20th 1877".
Copy-specific note
Signed by Kate Perugini, Georgina Hogarth, and Henry F. Dickens (Charles Dickens' daughter, sister-in-law, and son).
Copy-specific note
Two loose newspaper clipping featuring articles about the death of Georgina Hogarth.
Copy-specific note
Ms. bookseller's notes, code, and price in pencil.
Subject
Opium abuse in literature.
Subject
Jealousy.
Genre/Form
Novels.
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Townshend, John Villiers Stuart former owner.
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Townshend, Anne Elizabeth Clementina inscriber.
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Perugini, Kate, 1839 - 1929 signer.
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Hogarth, Georgina, 1827 - 1917 signer.
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Chapman and Hall publisher.
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England London.
Identifier
B27978