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