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    By Wilkie Collins
    Leipzig   Bernhard Tauchnitz
    6" by 4.5" viii, 327, [3], 316pp
    The first Tauchnitz edition of Wilkie Collins' third novel, an exciting mystery, complete as two volumes bound in one.
    By Wilkie Collins

    1856 Hide and Seek

    Leipzig   Bernhard Tauchnitz
    6" by 4.5" viii, 327, [3], 316pp
    The first Tauchnitz edition of Wilkie Collins' third novel, an exciting mystery, complete as two volumes bound in one.
    £35.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 972P9
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    Description

    First Edition, Leather Binding

    The first Tauchnitz edition.

    Complete as two volumes bound in one.

    'Hide and Seek' is the third published novel of Wilkie Collins, and is his first the involve a mystery. The suspense-filled plot has at its heart a secret which is waiting to be discovered.

    Collins dedicated this novel to his friend Charles Dickens.

    Tauchnitz built a good reputation with many leading British and American authors which lead him to be the principal publisher of English Language books in continental Europe from 1840 to 1940. In some instances authors sent Tauchnitz their proofs in order for them to be published at the same time as the British publisher, or in some cases before. In nineteenth century Britain, an author's work could be published by several different publishing houses leading to the production of their novels in a variety of formats. By Tauchnitz owning the publishing rights to nearly all the leading British authors for the first time there was a consistent format.

    Condition

    In a half calf binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, generally smart, a little rubbed. Minor bumping and loss to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Tears to the joints. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Hinges are starting but firm. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with scattered spots.

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