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London: Chapman and Hall, 1846. Full Description: DUMAS, Alexandre. The Count of Monte-Cristo. With Twenty Illustrations Drawn on Wood by M. Valentin, and Executed by the Most Eminent English Engravers Under the Superintendence of Mr. Charles Heath. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. [II.] London: Chapman and Hall, 1846. First edition in English (the first French edition was published in 1844-45). Two octavo volumes (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 220 x 140 mm. iv, 464; iv, 464 pp. Twenty inserted plates including the frontispieces by M. Valentin (designed for the English edition). Original rose-brown cloth, professionally and almost invisibly rebacked, preserving almost all of the original spines (no loss of gilt stamping). Boards blocked in blind and with gilt-stamped rose window designs as central devices. Spines lettered and decoratively blocked in gilt. Edges uncut. Newer endpapers of appropriate coated yellow stock. Corners a bit bumped, and edges slightly rubbed. Some light soiling and toning,…