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After Dark
by Collins, Wilkie
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1875. Small 8vo. vii, 392 pp. Contemporary half tan calf over red boards with raised bands, black title label, gilt borders and lettering to spine; marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Marks to boards and leather, with rubbing to joints and corners. Occasional pencil annotations, otherwise internally clean. An early edition of this collection of six Wilkie Collins short stories - "The Traveller's Story of a Terribly Strange Bed", "The Lawyer's Story of a Stolen Letter", "The French Governess's Story of Sister Rose", "The Angler's Story of the Lady of Glenwith Grange", "The Nun's Story of Gabriel's Marriage", and "The Professor's Story of the Yellow Mask"- five of which were previously published in the 1850s in Household Words, the magazine edited by Charles Dickens. . Very Good. Half Calf. New Edition. 1900.
Synopsis
First published in this form 1856, these stories are linked by the story of Leah, itself a substantial story and each has a prologue. Collins's preface is also included. Contains the following separate stories: "Leaves from Leah's Diary"; "The Traveler's Story of a Terribly Strange Bed"; "The Lawyer's Story of a Stolen Letter"; "The French Governess's Story of Sister Rose"; "The Angler's Story of The Lady of Glenwith Grange"; "The Nun's Story of Gabriel's Marriage"; "The Professor's Story of The Yellow Mask."
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- Bookseller
- Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70398
- Title
- After Dark
- Author
- Collins, Wilkie
- Illustrator
- Browne, Gordon
- Format/Binding
- Half Calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder & Co. 1875
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Size
- Small 8vo.
- Keywords
- Wilkie Collins,After Dark,Short stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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London, Greater London
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