In 1861 Sampson Low bought the copyrights of some of Wilkie's earlier novels and began a uniform edition of them. Eventually seven titles titles were published. The Dead Secret was one of the first.
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In 1861 Sampson Low bought the copyrights of some of Wilkie's earlier novels and began a uniform edition of them. Eventually seven titles titles were published. The Dead Secret was one of the first. |
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| frontispiece to 1861 edition | frontispiece to Piccadilly edition from 1875 |
| Most of the Sampson titles had a frontispiece by Sir John Gilbert RA (1817-1897), engraved by H Adlard. This one bears the chapter heading of Book III Chapter I Timon of London and depicts Treverton addressing Shrowl "What do you mean by that?...You ugly brute you've got a clean shirt on!". The picture was re-used with a new inscription by Chatto & Windus for their Piccadilly edition. It was also reproduced in an American edition of Wilkie's works published by Peter Fenelon Collier, New York 1895 | |
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| The 1861 and 1862 title pages from the same uniform edition. | |