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full title, “The Dolly Dialogues.” The later issues of the wrapper edition have the notice of reprint in the upper left-hand corner of the cover. The wrapper edition was published in July, 1894. There are four full-page illustrations in black and white halftones. This story originally appeared in The Westminster Gazette and was not illustrated until published in book form.
The cloth edition is bound in blue cloth with the same design on the cover as is on the wrapper edition. The picture of “Dolly” and the lettering are in brown. 111 numbered pages, 5½×7. The illustrations are the same, except that one illustration is used as a frontispiece, whereas in the wrapper edition the four illustrations are included in the various chapters. The end-papers of the first issue are tan with a design of peacock feathers, while the later issues have plain end-papers. As the blue cloth edition has both the pictorial end-papers and one illustration used as a frontispiece, and as the illustrations are much clearer than in the other cloth editions, we feel fairly certain that this is the real first issue of the cloth edition. Both cloth editions have the same date, 1894; it is therefore difficult to identify the first issue except for the above reasons. The other cloth edition is bound in tan cloth with the same design on the cover in brown and brown lettering. The wrapper edition was published in July at one shilling, and the cloth edition in August at two shillings and six pence.
American Edition: THE/DOLLY DIALOGUES/BY/ANTHONY HOPE/AUTHOR OF “THE PRISONER OF ZENDA,” ETC. [quotation]/[publisher’s stamp]/NEW YORK/HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY/1894. Bound in tan buckram with red stamp of the publisher’s trade mark on the cover and red lettering on the cover and spine; gilt top. 195 numbered pages, 3½×6¼. This American edition has only one illustration, used as a frontispiece. There is also another American edition published in 1895 by George Sully, New York, and bound in tan cloth with red lettering. This edition has only one illustration, also used as a frontispiece.
