Description
First THUS 1905 Scribner’s. Early Printing with 1908 on title page and no subsequent printing. Good hardcover with no dust jacket.
Boards are bright with heavy edge and corner wear. Gilt on front design is strong and moderately strong on the spine, which has an abbreviated title quite legible: “MERRY MEN | DR. JEKYLL.” Top gilt is present, but faded; the bottom block is compressed and the side has many badly cut pages, heavy wear and some small bore holes. Previous owner’s bookprint on ffep and some different name and initals scratched into the rfep. Front seam shows has cracks, but the binding is tight. Pages are clean and surprisingly bright, but a few were cut rough and a few others remain uncut. Part of the 24-volume illustrated set. This volume has one illustration and a frontispiece of the author; both are clean and unmarked.
No dust jacket.
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is one of the most famous pieces of English literature, and is considered to be a defining book of the gothic horror genre. The novella has also had a sizable impact on popular culture, with the phrase “Jekyll and Hyde” being used in vernacular to refer to people with an outwardly good but sometimes shockingly evil nature. This is the first collected hardcover publication of the book.
Ships promptly in a manila envelope with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
