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  "All human wisdom is contained in these two words--"Wait and Hope": The Manney Copy of the First Edition in English of Dumas’ The Count of Monte-Cristo; In the Rare Original Cloth

  DUMAS, Alexandre [Alexander].

  The Count of Monte-Cristo.

  London: London: Chapman and Hall, 1846.

  First edition in English of the author’s masterpiece, published just one year after the original French edition and before the American first, the Richard Manney copy. Octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher's terracotta cloth, decoratively blind-embossed, gilt titles to the spine. Twenty wood-engraved plates after Henry Valentin. In near fine condition with only light rubbing to the extremities and toning, with the bookplate of legendary collector Richard Manney. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. A superior example, scarce in the original cloth, with exceptional provenance.

  Price: $110,000.00     Item Number: 129384

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  Virtually Unknown and One of the Earliest Editions of "The Count of Monte Cristo" with Garvani Plates

  DUMAS, Alexandre [Alexander].

  Le Comte de Monte-Cristo [The Count of Monte-Cristo].

  Paris: Bureaux du Journal Le Siecle, 1846.

  One of the earliest known editions of The Count of Monte Cristo. Quarto, bound in contemporary half leather over marbled boards, illustrated with the frontispiece portrait and 29 plates on thicker paper by Gavarni, Johannot and others, each with a tissue guard. This copy includes plates, rarely found in this scarce edition. In very good condition. There are no copies of this edition recorded in OCLC or the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, and in the last fifty years no copies have appeared at auction.

  Price: $30,000.00     Item Number: 150655

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