The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins
COLLINS, Wilkie (1824-1889). The Woman in White. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1860.
First edition of Collins's mystery-detective novel, preceding the English edition by a month. 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 lovely copy. Sadleir 605a; Wolff 1377. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.
Octavo. 2 pp. of ads preceding title and 4 pp. at rear (a little minor soiling internally, small corner chip to p.1, two-inch closed tear to p. 31). Original dark brown cloth, brown endpapers (spine ends and corners rubbed); custom box. Provenance: Walcott P. Stone (ownership inscription dated October 1860, name on box).
The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins
COLLINS, Wilkie (1824-1889). The Woman in White. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1860.
First edition of Collins's mystery-detective novel, preceding the English edition by a month. 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 lovely copy. Sadleir 605a; Wolff 1377. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.
Octavo. 2 pp. of ads preceding title and 4 pp. at rear (a little minor soiling internally, small corner chip to p.1, two-inch closed tear to p. 31). Original dark brown cloth, brown endpapers (spine ends and corners rubbed); custom box. Provenance: Walcott P. Stone (ownership inscription dated October 1860, name on box).
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