The Silence of Dean Maitland
by Maxwell Gray
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Gorgeous Binding
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Publisher: H. M. Caldwell Co., New York
Copyright: None stated, c1897
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The Silence of Dean Maitland is an 1886 novel by Maxwell Gray (the pen name of Mary Gleed Tuttiett). Set in a fictionalized Isle of Wight, particularly around Calbourne, it concerns an ambitious clergyman who accidentally kills the father of a young woman he has made pregnant, then allows his best friend to be wrongly convicted for the crime. A popular bestseller, it was filmed in 1914, in 1915 (under the title Sealed Lips), and in 1934.
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Condition:
This book is in good condition. Half leather. The cover of this book is stunning. Half white leather with an embossed pattern done in gilt with pretty rose-pattered boards. Boards show wear along edges and corners. Binding slightly cocked. Interior hinges are cracked and show crashing, but binding is still very sturdy. There is an ink signature on endpaper suggesting this edition is c1897. Text block is crisp and clean.
8vo
by Maxwell Gray
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Gorgeous Binding
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Publisher: H. M. Caldwell Co., New York
Copyright: None stated, c1897
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The Silence of Dean Maitland is an 1886 novel by Maxwell Gray (the pen name of Mary Gleed Tuttiett). Set in a fictionalized Isle of Wight, particularly around Calbourne, it concerns an ambitious clergyman who accidentally kills the father of a young woman he has made pregnant, then allows his best friend to be wrongly convicted for the crime. A popular bestseller, it was filmed in 1914, in 1915 (under the title Sealed Lips), and in 1934.
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Condition:
This book is in good condition. Half leather. The cover of this book is stunning. Half white leather with an embossed pattern done in gilt with pretty rose-pattered boards. Boards show wear along edges and corners. Binding slightly cocked. Interior hinges are cracked and show crashing, but binding is still very sturdy. There is an ink signature on endpaper suggesting this edition is c1897. Text block is crisp and clean.
8vo