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Title page of first edition of Antonina published by Richard
Bentley in 1850. |
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Title page of first US edition of Antonina published by
Harper & Brothers in 1850. This is the first US publication of
anything by Wilkie and was the start of a long relationship with Harper. |
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Cover and spine of the first one-volume edition, Sampson
Low, Son, and Co. 1861 with steel engraving by R Young. |
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Steel engraving signed R. Young sr. on the vignette half
title first dated 1860 and first published in the 1861 one volume edition
by Sampson Low, Son and Co. |
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Cover of 1875 edition of Antonina published by Chatto
and Windus with seven illustrations by Alfred Concanen (1835-1886). |
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Frontispiece
"'Light!' cried the priest. 'His damnation be on his own head!'"
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facing page 21
"He followed the different movements of the poultry with an
earnestness of attention which seemed almost idiotic in its ridiculous
intensity." |
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facing page 78
"'To your chamber!' thundered Numerian, as she knelt sobbing convulsively
over those hapless fragments." |
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facing page 142
"The divinity of mercy had now braced the determination of the young
Goth to meet all emergencies." |
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facing page 174
"Nothing had been discovered!--he was still safe!" |
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facing page 261
"'Strike! I yield not!'" |
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facing page 310
"The Banquet of Famine." |