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London: Tinsley Brothers, 1868. First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 7.5" by 5". None. A beautiful first edition set of Wilkie Collin's important sensation mystery novel, very scarce to see a set of all first editions volumes. The sought after first edition, first state: pages 10 and 11 to Volume I transposed; with 'treachesrouly' to Volume II page 129; broken bracket to the tail of the title of Volume III.Very uncommon to see a set of all first edition volumes. Half-title is present to each volume.Bound without the publisher's adverts.Finely bound in a sumptuous half crushed morocco binding by Riviere & Son.The important early detective novel by Wilkie Collins, an impressive work which set many of the ground rules for the modern mystery genre. Immensely popularly when first published, 'The Moonstone' was a prime example of Victorian sensation fiction.'The Moonstone' follows a young woman, Rachel Verinder, who suddenly inherts a large Indian diamond on her eighteenth birthday,…