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The Moonstone.

COLLINS, William Wilkie. The Moonstone. A novel. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Tall 8vo. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1868
4pp ads preceding front., illus, text in two columns; some marking to text, especially pp 84-85. Orig. purple-brown cloth; a few small discreet repairs, cloth sl. lifting in places, a little marked.

¶First published in All the Year Round, 1859-60, then as a three-decker. This is the first U.S. book edition, having previously been published in Harper's Weekly, with the illustrations by John McLenan. Collins' great mystery-sensation novel - and one of the earliest detective stories.
Stock #84802
£350


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