Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 331 + (1). No half-title.
Grey-purple cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Pale yellow end-papers.
Notes—(i) This book was published in June, 1857.
(ii) Copies in brown cloth, with yellow end-papers, printed with Chapman and Hall advertisements, are of later issue.
1859
A PLOT IN PRIVATE LIFE AND OTHER TALES. By Wilkie Collins, author of After Dark, Hide and Seek etc. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. 1859.
1 vol. (4½ × 6¼). Pp. (viii) + 294 + (2). Paper wrappers of usual Tauchnitz style.
Contents: A Plot in Private Life—Mad Monkton—The Black Cottage—The Family Secret—The Biter Bit.
1859
THE QUEEN OF HEARTS. By Wilkie Collins, author of The Dead Secret, After Dark, etc. etc. London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, Successors to Henry Colburn, 13 Great Marlborough Street. 1859. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7½).