Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins are called to a part of London notorious for its opium dens -- and where an Oxford History Don has been found murdered. With the help of Charles Dodgson, an old schoolmate of Wilkie's, they travel to Oxford and learn the murder is much more complicated than it seemed.
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Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins are called to a part of London notorious for its opium dens -- and where an Oxford History Don has been found murdered. With the help of Charles Dodgson, an old schoolmate of Wilkie's, they travel to Oxford and learn the murder is much more complicated than it seemed.
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Seller's Description:
First edition first printing of the fourth novel in the Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens series. A bibliomystery. The head of the dustjacket's spine is lightly bumped. In fine / near fine condition. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 244 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Near Fine in Fine jacket. Book New York: St. Martin's (Minotaur Books), 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Fine. Stated First Edition (first printing, with full number line) in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean black boards with gold lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Very light bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight and square, hinges are solid-no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. 244 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Discovered and edited by William J. Palmer, this is a "Secret Victorial Journal" attributed to Wilkie Collins. Murder and intrigue at one of England's most distinguished institutions, Oxford University.
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Protected in a removable Brodart cover. 244 pages. Another of Wilkie Collins's "secret journals"-exciting accounts of his crime solving adventures with Charles Dickens-has been "found and edited" by William J. Palmer. The Dons and Mr. Dickens tells a fascinating story of political intrigue and a secret society at one of England's most distinguished institutions, Oxford University. 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. Eager to escape the drudgery of a London winter, the two amateur detectives willingly accept Inspector Field's orders to travel on the new railway line to Oxford, where Collins was once a student, to conduct an undercover investigation. Once in Oxford, they enlist the help of Collins's old schoolmate, Charles Dodgson, a brilliant mind on the verge of becoming the youngest don in Oxford's history. Together, they encounter a complex conspiracy punctuated by murder, political radicalism, and revenge. Atmospheric and packed with authentic period detail, The Dons and Mr. Dickens is sure to delight fans of Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens and lovers of all things Victorian.
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Used: good. Size: 6x1x8; Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes Historical FictionGood condition, slight foxing on edges, some staining to edges, minor wear to dustjacket, prompt shipping with tracking.
