DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman and Hall, April-September 1870.

6 original parts (223 x 141 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, 12 wood-engraved plates. (Some staining, cork add in part 2 torn but present.) Original blue-green pictorial wrappers (a few spines defective with several covers detached, some chipping and soiling); slipcase. Provenance: E.J. Brooker (signature, part I); Frederick Spiegelberg (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION, IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS. The "Edwin Drood Advertiser" and inserted advertisements listed in Hatton and Cleaver are present in each part, except: “Edwin Drood Advertiser” in part 1; part 2 with the "Select Library Edition" ad tipped to inner front wrapper; lacking pp. 5, 6, 19, and 20 of "Edwin Drood Advertiser" in part 4; "Chapman & Hall's Recent Publications" ad in part 5; without "Price Eighteenpence" paste-over on part 6 (upper right corner torn away); and Wilcox & Gibbs 4pp. ad in part 6. Eckel pp. 96-98; Hatton and Cleaver pp. 373-384; Gimbel A154.

[With:] DICKENS. Our Mutual Friend. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865.

2 volumes, 8vo (215 x 133 mm). 40 engraved plates after Marcus Stone (including frontispieces). (Lacking half-titles, some toning and staining, some stab-holes gutter margin.) Early 20th-Century half red morocco, marbled boards, spines gilt-lettered, marbled edges, stamp-signed by Sotheran (spines darkened, some light wear). Provenance: Reverend James Mitchell Harvey (bookplates); sold Hugh Hopkins, Glasgow (bookseller’s ticket).FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM with most early issue points listed in Smith (lacking the 36- and 24-page catalogues at end of each volume as often). Gimbel A150; Smith I:15.