Collins, Wilkie (1824-1889). — The Moonstone. A Romance.

London, George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 1933, 500 pag., original dark gree cloth stamped in black with original dustjacket designed by Mabel Victoria Leith. = Harrap's Standard Fiction Library. Complete with the uncommon dustjacket designed by Mabel Victoria Leith, (b. 1897), an English artist. First published as periodical publication in 1867-1868 and as a three-volume book edition in 1868. The Woman in White and The Moonstone are the two novels by which Wilkie Collins is best known. The Moonstone is an important early detective story, featuring sergeant Cuff, in search of the stolen gem." Very good copy with the name of 'R. Carter' to the front flyleaf. Dustjacket with price clipped from the spine leaving a 3x3 cm. hole. Leith's jacket design leans into the novel's exotic backstory rather than Collins' country house detective fiction.