A ROGUE'S LIFE: From his Birth to his Marriage. By Wilkie Collins. London: Richard Bentley and Son, Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen. 1879. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 6⅞). Pp. iv + 188. No half-title. Red cloth gilt, blocked in black. Black end-papers.
Note—This book was published on April 7, 1879. It is the first edition in book form of a tale issued periodically in the early fifties in “Household Words.” The text was slightly revised by the author before publication.
1879
THE FALLEN LEAVES. By Wilkie Collins. First Series. London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly. 1879. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅜).
Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 275 + (1).
Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 269 + (3). Publishers' advertisements, 40 pp., dated May, 1879, bound in at end.
Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 295 + (1).
Olive-brown cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Black and grey-blue decorated end-papers.
Note—This book was published in July, 1879.