![]() Provenance: James Fort (signature dated 30 July 1847, Fifth Dragoon Guards) – Pickford Waller (1849-1930, English illustrator bookplate) – Richard Manney (bookplate, his sale, Sotheby's New York, 11 October 1991, lot 125) – anonymous seller, Swann Galleries, 16 April 1998, lot 67. The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the great literary adventures, indeed William Thackeray was so enthralled he began reading at six one morning and never stopped till eleven at night.The hero is Edmond Dantes, a young sailor who, falsely accused of treason, is arrested on his wedding day and imprisoned in the island fortress of Chateau dIf. They were all packaged very well with lots of care. ![]() Includes a tipped-in brief ALS to front of both volumes. These guys are so perfect It is just as described and bigger than I expected. a near fine, unsophisticated copy of the first edition in english in book form. Original mauve cloth with gilt design on center boards (first hinge repaired, spines a trifle sunned) custom case. EXRARE C1894 2 Volume Set The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Leather Bound Illustrated Wood Plates Good Escape Presentation Copy. 24-page publisher's catalogue dated June 1846 at end of Volume 1. 20 wood engravings by Valentin (some toning and spotting, including to plates, a few small closed tears). ![]() This anonymous translation was the basis of most subsequent English versions of Dumas’s famous novel. While the earliest English translations had appeared in abridged form in various journals, this edition represents the first complete English translation to be published as a book. London: Chapman and Hall, 1846.įirst complete edition in English in book form of a revenge classic, the Manney copy.
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