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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1868. Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1868. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's brown blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 223pp.; illus. throughout, text printed in double columns. Moderate wear to cloth extremities, most notably at spine ends, spine a shade sunned, light foxing to textblock, ownership pencil scribble to p. [7], else Very Good and sound. Nice copy of Wilkie Collin's most enduring mystery, considered the first detective novel in the English language.
THE MOONSTONE. A Novel by Collins, Wilkie - 1868
by Collins, Wilkie
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1868. [a handsome copy] With Many Illustrations. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1868. 4 pp preliminary undated ads (with list of Select Novels ending at No. 316). Original dark blue-green pebbled cloth.
First American (and first illustrated) Edition of this classic of detective fiction, issued in the same year as the London three-decker. THE MOONSTONE marked the end of Collins's peak period as a novelist: it was preceded by THE WOMAN IN WHITE (1860), NO NAME (1862) and ARMADALE (1866), and was followed by a transition into sensation or propaganda fiction -- especially regarding marriage and inheritance laws. Commenting on T.S. Eliot's opinion of this book ("the first, the longest, and the best of detective novels"), John Carter wrote Mr. Eliot is inaccurate in his first adjective, a little rash perhaps in his second, but unlikely to meet with much disagreement over his third. If Poe created the short detective story, Wilkie Collins is the undisputed father of the full-length variety... The American edition includes 66 wood engravings interspersed throughout the text. This is a close-to-fine copy, with only the merest hint of wear at the extremities. The spine gilt remains bright, the original endpapers are clean and intact, and there is no foxing on the leaves. Gasson pp 106-108; Parrish & Miller pp 73-74; Wolff 1368a; a Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone of Mystery Fiction.
First American (and first illustrated) Edition of this classic of detective fiction, issued in the same year as the London three-decker. THE MOONSTONE marked the end of Collins's peak period as a novelist: it was preceded by THE WOMAN IN WHITE (1860), NO NAME (1862) and ARMADALE (1866), and was followed by a transition into sensation or propaganda fiction -- especially regarding marriage and inheritance laws. Commenting on T.S. Eliot's opinion of this book ("the first, the longest, and the best of detective novels"), John Carter wrote Mr. Eliot is inaccurate in his first adjective, a little rash perhaps in his second, but unlikely to meet with much disagreement over his third. If Poe created the short detective story, Wilkie Collins is the undisputed father of the full-length variety... The American edition includes 66 wood engravings interspersed throughout the text. This is a close-to-fine copy, with only the merest hint of wear at the extremities. The spine gilt remains bright, the original endpapers are clean and intact, and there is no foxing on the leaves. Gasson pp 106-108; Parrish & Miller pp 73-74; Wolff 1368a; a Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone of Mystery Fiction.
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New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1968. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, original brown publisher's cloth stamped in blind on covers and lettered in gold on spine. 223 pages. Illustrated throughout with full page and vignette engravings. Printed in double-column format. Includes four pages of Harper ads at front: a two page catalog of Harper's "Library of Select Novels", a full page ad for various works by Miss Mulock, and one page with two titles on The Dutch Republic and The United Netherlands. First American edition. Considered to be the first detective novel, the story originally was serialized in Charles Dickens' magazine "All the Year Round"; together with "The Woman in White" this novel is considered to be Collin's best work. No previous ownership marks. Some incidental sporadic foxing, though a generally clean, square and unmarked copy. Spine gilt bright and…
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1868. With Many Illustrations. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1868. 2 pp preliminary undated ads. Original purple-brown cloth. First American (and first illustrated) Edition of this classic of detective fiction, issued in the same year as the London three-decker. THE MOONSTONE marked the end of Collins's peak period as a novelist: it was preceded by THE WOMAN IN WHITE (1860), NO NAME (1862) and ARMADALE (1866), and was followed by a transition into sensation or propaganda fiction -- especially regarding marriage and inheritance laws. Commenting on T.S. Eliot's opinion of this book ("the first, the longest, and the best of detective novels"), John Carter wrote Mr. Eliot is inaccurate in his first adjective, a little rash perhaps in his second, but unlikely to meet with much disagreement over his third. If Poe created the short detective story, Wilkie Collins is the undisputed father of the full-length variety... The American edition includes 66 wood engravings interspersed throughout the text. This is…
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New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1868. First US Edition. Hardcover. 223pp. Brown cloth stamped in blind on the front and in gold on the spine. Illustrated with wood engravings. A few speckles to front panel, small spot to bottom edge, previous owner's name in pencil on front pastedown endpaper, mild toning and soiling to text block. A solid very good copy. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. In Hubin, 1994, p. 180. ; Octavo.
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