SIMMONS, DAN — Drood

New York: Little, Brown and Company / Hachette, 2009. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316007021. A first printing of a hefty novel by Dan Simmons, which borrows from the last, unfinished novel by Charles Dickens, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." In this work, Mr. Simmons imagines the final tortured days in the life of Dickens, as he consorts with his mistress and fellow author Wilkie Collins. --- In red and black paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. In jacket with shadowy image of a top-hatted man to front panel. --- With remainder mark to textblock lower edge and a hint of tanning to leaves, else a tightly-bound, sound, unmarked copy. Unclipped jacket ($26.99/29.99) also in great shape though with some back panel soiling; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.); Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; (6), 777 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .