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THE DONS AND MR DICKENS: The Strange Case of the Oxford Christmas Plot: A Secret Victorian Journal Attributed to Wilkie Collins.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery involving Wilkie Collins , Charles Dickens and Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll), recounted in a journal "discovered and edited" by the author. "On a dank and dreary November evening, Inspector William Field summons Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens to a crime scene in London's notorious Chinese opium district.When the two arrive in the seedy neighborhood, they learn that a man has been murdered-and the victim is none other than an Oxford history don." The fourth Dickens' mystery. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-312-26576X.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 55732More details Price: $18.00 -
THE DETECTIVE AND MR. DICKENS: Being an Account of the Macbeth Murders and the Strange Events Surrounding Them: A Secret Victorian Journal attributed to Wilkie Collins, discovered and edited" by Palmer.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first Dickens' mystery,set in April and May of 1851. Charles Dickens and author Wilkie Collins meet Inspector William Field of the newly formed Metropolitan Protectives. A gentleman's brutal murder brings the three men together in an extraordinary investigation that introduces Dickens to the beautiful young actress Ellen Ternan, who would become the love of his life but who is now accused of murder. A novel which, like Dickens' own books, reveals the hypocrisy of repressed Victorian society. 290 pp. ISBN: 0-312050739.
Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (price-clipped)
Book ID: 82904More details Price: $18.00 -
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Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2009). First edition - A massive historical thriller, based on historical details of Charles Dicken's life, and narrated by Wilkie-Collins, Dickens's friend and fellow writer, which explores the still unsolved mysteries of the author's last years. 773 pp.
Condition: Fine in a illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 63882More details Price: $50.00