THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO Dumas, Alexandre Antiquarian, Rare

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, by Alexandre Dumas- 1894- Thomas Y. Crowell, New York- (TWO VOLUMES complete)- ORIGINAL 1894 EDITION (A New Edition: Revised and Enlarged in Accordance with the Standard French Text)- This is NOT an ex-library set and it is NOT a new reprint edition- BINDINGS are ORIGINAL 3/4 LEATHER HARDCOVER with MARBLED COVERS and endpapers TITLES and ELABORATE GILT MOTIF to spine (ALL GOLD is present and BRIGHT); TEG with deckled edges; BINDINGS and texts of both volumes are generally NEAT, CLEAN and SOLID, in similar G+, or better, condition with general light wear. Overall, a nice, SOLID COLLECTIBLE TWO VOLUME SET of the fairly UNCOMMON ORIGINAL 1894 PRINTING From the 1894 PUBLISHERS NOTE There have been MANY ENGLISH EDITIONS of this GREAT ROMANCE, but ALL WITHOUT EXCEPTION are in DEFECTIVE and MISLEADING VERSIONS In the PRESENT REVISED VERSION, upwards of FIFTEEN THOUSAND such FAULTS have been CORRECTED. Great pains have been taken to represent THE ORIGINAL faithfully in CORRECT ENGLISH. The PUBLISHERS do not hesitate to claim that this is the FIRST COMPLETE, ACCURATE, and READABLE ENGLISH VERSION of Monte Cristo that HAS EVER BEEN PUBLISHED Boston, 1894 Volume I with 539 pages ILLUSTRATED with 8 FULL-PAGE B&W PLATES along with TISSUE-GUARDED FRONTISPIECE Volume II with 555 pages ILLUSTRATED with 8 FULL-PAGE B&W PLATES along with TISSUE-GUARDED FRONTISPIECE Overall, a nice, SOLID COLLECTIBLE TWO VOLUME SET of the fairly UNCOMMON ORIGINAL 1894 PRINTING . MBH925-020 ***THERE IS NO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING***