(DICKENS, Charles).. John Jasper's Secret: Being A Narrative of Certain Events Following and Explaining "The Mystery of Edwin Drood". .. , 1872.

Price: US$165.89 + shipping

Description: London: Publishing Offices, 1872. 8vo. Orig. green pebbled cloth (heavily flecked; edges worn). (252pp.). With b/w frontisp. and 20 b/w engravings. Front hinge cracked and slight foxing throughout. Previous owners name on front blank end-paper.

Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia

(DICKENS, Charles) (MORFORD, Henry). [Edwin Drood] John Jasper's Secret: being a narrative of certain events following and explaining "The Mystery of Edwin Drood". FIRST UK EDITION, b.f.t.p.. Publishing Offices: No. 342, Strand. 1872, 1872.

Price: US$394.85 + shipping

Description: Front. & plates. Orig. green pebble-cloth, borders blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; spine a little rubbed. Originally published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New York, August - September 1871. One of the earliest sequels. This copy is inscribed, on the leading free endpaper, 'Mrs Henry Vizetelly, from A.V., New Year's Day, 1873'. A nice copy, from the family of a London publishers.

Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom

DICKENS, Charles) (Morford, Henry). John Jasper's Secret; Being A Narrative of Certain Events Following and Explaining 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood'. London Publishing Offices, London, 1872.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 20 illustrations. 8vo, 1/2 blue morocco, gilt, raised bands; g.t. London Publishing Offices, 1872. First English edition of this early attempt to complete "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", by Morford, a New York journalist. It first appeared in Frank Leslie's Weekly.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.