[Rarebooks] FS: First Publication of the Original Ending of GREAT EXPECTATIONS

[Charles Agvent]

DICKENS, Charles. GREAT EXPECTATIONS. Edinburgh: Limited Editions Club, 
1937. Quarto (7" x 10") bound in green buckram and printed by R. & R. 
Clark with a previously unpublished 6000-word preface by George Bernard 
Shaw. This edition is also bibliographically important in that it is the 
first time Dickens's original "unhappy" ending to this great novel was 
published. This is copy #170 of 1500 with 55 illustrations by Gordon 
Ross and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter 
laid in along with the accompanying small card as well as the 21-page 
booklet "The Mystery of the Unhappy Ending" and something we have not 
previously encountered, a poster-sized folded sheet printed on one side 
claiming to be a front-page of a tabloid, THE STAR, announcing the "real 
ending" of the book having been discovered. Spine just a touch darkened 
and rarely seen in such fine condition. Fine in a close to Fine 
slipcase. A superior copy.

"We need never be ashamed of our tears." (#020719)     $750

https://www.charlesagvent.com/pages/books/020719/charles-dickens/great-expectations

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