Vol. III. pp. vi + (ii) + 316.
Blue cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Pale grey and white decorated end-papers.
Note—This book was published in January, 1890.
1890
THE LAZY TOUR OF TWO IDLE APPRENTICES. NO THOROUGHFARE. THE PERILS OF CERTAIN ENGLISH PRISONERS. By Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. With Illustrations. London: Chapman and Hall, Limited. 1890. 1 vol. Ex. Cr. 8vo (5¼ × 7⅞). Pp. vi + (ii) + 327 + (1). Dark green cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Black end-papers. Eight full-page illustrations in line, printed separately.
Note—Of the stories here published in book form for the first time No Thoroughfare first appeared as the Extra Christmas Number to “All the Year Round” for 1867 (1 vol. 6⅝ × 9¾, pp. 48, bright blue paper wrappers, printed in black) and The Perils of Certain English Prisoners as the “Christmas Story for 1857” in “Household Words” (1 vol., 5⅝ × 8⅞, pp. 36, buff paper wrappers printed in violet, red and green).
B.—PLAYS, WRITTEN ALONE AND IN COLLABORATION
1861
A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA: A Drama in Three Acts. By Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. London: Published by G. Halsworth, at the office of “All the Year Round,” Wellington Street, Strand. 1861. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4½ × 7¼). Pp. 68. Buff paper wrappers, printed in black.
Note—The story upon which this play is based appeared as the Extra Christmas Number to “All the Year Round” for 1860 (1 vol., 6½ × 9¾, pp. 48, bright blue paper wrappers, printed in black).