WATCHED BY THE DEAD: A LOVING STUDY OF DICKENS' HALF-TOLD TALE

London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1887. White boards, stamped in black with lurid and intricate pictorial design. Spine and edges a bit foxed or dust spotted, otherwise a very nice copy of an extremely fragile book. First edition, probable later state of the binding with an inserted 16pp. catalogue listing titles issued in 1893. An early and uncommon consideration of THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD by the writer most widely known for his popularizations of astronomy. Gimbel lists two copies, neither binding described, but one denoted a "variant" (as here?). GIMBEL H375. (Inventory #: WRCLIT17486)