(London: Chapman and Hall, 1870).

FIRST EDITION OF THIS, DICKENS' LAST NOVEL, IN THE ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS. A very nice set agreeing with the collation given in Hatton and Cleaver with very few exceptions, the "cork" ad not present.
Dickens' last and unfinished work. Inspired by and intended to rival Wilkie Collins' THE MOONSTONE, the mystery's elusive solution has been attempted by numerous authors since. Item #70169

6 volumes. First Edition in the six original monthly parts. Earliest issue of Part 6 with the "Price Eighteenpence" slip pasted over the one shilling price on the front wrapper, with the "Edwin Drood Advertiser" in each part. With the engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved title-page issued when Part No. 6 was issued, and 12 additional wood-engraved plates after S. L. Fildes. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, housed in a black cloth foldover case, with lettering label mimicking the design of the title on the wrappers. A very well preserved and handsome set with some minor chipping at the spine panels.