Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1863
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
First Edition
46 pp. Text in double-column. 8vo. Gd (lacking rear wrapper/paper repair to final leaf [affecting 3 lines of text of inner column]). Ex-lib of NYPL, with 'Withdrawn' stamp to initial & terminal leaf, as well as a few other associated institutional markings. Later green library buckram binding 1st US edition (Brussel EAST TO WEST, p. 81; Gimbel B283).
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1863
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
[3] - 46 pp. Text double-column. 8vo. 9" x 5-5/8" As is the case with most of the Christmas stories, the work actually a collaborative effort, though marketed under Dickens' very salable name:Â Chapters I & VII by Dickens (per VanderPoel, & confirmed by Oppenlander);Â Chapter II by Elizabeth Gaskell (states Oppenlander, even though Gaskell "swore" not to write for ATYR);Â Chapter III by Andrew Halliday;Â Chapter IV by Edmund Yates;Â Chapter V by Amelia Edwards;Â & Chapter VI by Charles A. Collins (Dickens' son-in-law & the individual initially chosen to illustrate Drood). General soiling to wrappers, with small piece missing from lower left of front panel [no text affected]. Bookseller blindstamp to front wrapper. Tide line to rear wrapper. Withal, a VG copy of an uncommon edition. Printed white wrappers. Adverts to rear wrapper (recto & verso) 1st US editiion (Brussel EAST TO WEST, p. 81; Gimbel B283; Oppenlander ATYR Contributer List, p. 136; VanderPoel B450, for the 1864 edition). Not in Edgar & Vail.