The Moonstone: A Novel
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1868. First American edition. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. 24 cm x 15.5 cm. [2] (publisher's advertisements), [5], 10-223 pp. Wood-engraved frontispiece and many additional engravings by William Jewett illustrating the text (text in two columns). Green pebbled cloth with double blind-ruled borders, spine lettered in gilt. Former bookplate of W.B. Holbrook on the front pastedown. First American, first single volume, and the first illustrated edition, preceded by the three-volume first British edition. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Hubin 180. Forshaw 142-147: "The first English, full-length detective novel ... a ground-breaking work of fiction" Very Good. Item #00008205
A Very Good book with wear to the edges of the slightly skewed binding, tiny dampstain visible on the front pastedown and flyleaf.
Price: $675.00