1890
BLIND LOVE. By Wilkie Collins. With a Preface by Walter Besant, and Illustrations by A. Forestier. London: Chatto and Windus. Piccadilly. 1890. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7⅛).
Vol. I. pp. x + (ii) + 302 + (2).
Vol. II. pp. vi + (ii) + 303 + (i). Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated October, 1889, bound in at end.
Vol. III. pp. vi + (ii) + 316.
Blue cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Pale grey and white decorated end-papers.
Note—This book was published in January, 1890.
1890
THE LAZY TOUR OF TWO IDLE APPRENTICES. NO THOROUGHFARE. THE PERILS OF CERTAIN ENGLISH PRISONERS. By Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. With Illustrations. London: Chapman and Hall, Limited. 1890. 1 vol. Ex. Cr. 8vo (5¼ × 7⅞). Pp. vi + (ii) + 327 + (1). Dark green cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Black end-papers. Eight full-page illustrations in line, printed separately.
Note—Of the stories here published in book form for the first time No Thoroughfare first appeared as the Extra Christmas Number to “All the Year Round” for 1867 (1 vol. 6⅝ × 9¾, pp. 48, bright blue paper wrappers, printed in black) and The Perils of Certain English Prisoners as the “Christmas Story for 1857” in “Household Words” (1 vol., 5⅝ × 8⅞, pp. 36, buff paper wrappers printed in violet, red and green).
B.—PLAYS, WRITTEN ALONE AND IN COLLABORATION
1861
A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA: A Drama in Three Acts. By Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. London: Published by G. Halsworth, at the office of “All the Year Round,” Wellington Street, Strand. 1861. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4½ × 7¼). Pp. 68. Buff paper wrappers, printed in black.
Note—The story upon which this play is based appeared as the Extra Christmas Number to “All the Year Round” for 1860 (1 vol., 6½ × 9¾, pp. 48, bright blue paper wrappers, printed in black).
1863
NO NAME: A Drama in Five Acts. Founded on, and adapted from, the story so entitled. By Wilkie Collins Esq. London: Published by G. Halsworth, at the office of “All the Year Round.” 1863. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4½ × 7¼). 60 pp. Pink paper wrappers, printed in black.
Note—This play was also issued in De Witt's Acting Series (No. 104), published by Robert M. de Witt, New York, in pale yellow wrappers printed in black. The pamphlet is undated.
1866
ARMADALE: A Drama in Three Acts. (Altered from the novel of Armadale for performance on the stage.) By Wilkie Collins. London: Published for the author by Smith, Elder and Co., 65 Cornhill. 1866. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo. Pp. 76. Pink paper wrappers, printed in black.
1866
THE FROZEN DEEP: A Drama in Three Acts. By Wilkie Collins. (Not published.) 1866. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4 × 6½). Pp. 46 + (2). Buff paper wrappers, printed in black.
1867
NO THOROUGHFARE: A Drama in Five Acts. (Altered from the Christmas story, for performance on the stage.) By Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. London: Published at the Office of “All the Year Round,” 26 Wellington Street. 1867. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¼). Pp. 89 + (1). Buff paper wrappers, printed in black.
Notes—(i) Another issue was made of this play under the same date and with identical format and title-page, except for the addition, beneath the imprint, of the words: Entered at Stationers' Hall. This issue consists, however, only of pp. 78 + (2), and the text of the play is different from Act IV., Scene III., to the end.
(ii) The story upon which this play is based appeared as the Extra Christmas Number to “All the Year Round” for 1867 (see above, The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices, 1890, note).
(iii) Collectors will be interested to note, as an item in Collinsiana, an American dramatic version of No Thoroughfare which appeared as No. 348 in French's Library of Standard Drama. This version is entitled:
Identity or No Thoroughfare by Louis Lequel. Dramatized from the Christmas Story of Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. New York: Samuel French, Publisher, 122 Nassau Street.
1 vol. (4½ × 7½). Pp. 44. Yellow paper wrappers, printed in black.
The booklet is undated, save for the statement that the play was entered in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York in 1867. The wrapper bears French's London as well as his New York imprint.
1869
BLACK AND WHITE: A Love Story in Three Acts. By Wilkie Collins and Charles Fletcher. London: Printed by C. Whiting, Beaufort House, Strand. 1869. 1 vol. Slim Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7½). Pp. 56. White paper wrappers, the first page of which serves as title and is printed as above.
1870
NO NAME: A Drama in Four Acts. (Altered from the novel for performance on the stage.) By Wilkie Collins. London: Published by the author, 90 Gloucester Place, Portman Square. 1870. 1 vol. Sm. Cr. 8vo (4½ × 7¼). Pp. 160, of which pp. (1) to (4) are unnumbered. The rest of the book, being printed on one side of the paper only, is paged (5) to 82. Buff paper wrappers, printed in black.
Note—This is a different text from that published in 1863.
1871
THE WOMAN IN WHITE: A Drama in Prologue and Four Acts. (Altered from the novel for performance on the stage.) By Wilkie Collins. London. Published by the author, 90 Gloucester Place, Portman Square. 1871. 1 vol. Sm. Cr. 8vo (4½ × 7¼). Pp. (172), of which pp. (1) to (4) are unnumbered. The rest of the book, being printed on one side of the paper only, is paged (5) to 88. Buff paper wrappers, printed in black, uniform with No Name.
1873
THE DREAM WOMAN: A Mystery in Four Narratives and Two Parts. By Wilkie Collins. Altered and enlarged for reading in public from the original story published in the collection called The Queen of Hearts. Boston: Privately printed for the author. 1873. 1 vol. Short Med. 4to (9 × 11⅛). Pp. 110, of which pp. (1) to (3) are unnumbered. The rest of the book, being printed on one side of the paper only, is paged 5 to 55. No half-title. Grey paper wrappers; quarter grey-purple cloth. The wrappers are plain, without printing of any sort.
1873
THE NEW MAGDALEN: A Dramatic Story in a Prologue and Three Acts. By Wilkie Collins. (Represented for the first time in London at the Olympic Theatre, May 19, 1873.) London: Published by the author, 90 Gloucester Place, Portman Square. 1873. 1 vol. Sm. Cr. 8vo (4⅜ × 7⅛). Pp. 158, of which pp. (1) to (4) are unnumbered. The rest of the book, being printed on one side of the paper only, is paged 5 to 81. Buff paper wrappers, printed in black, uniform with No Name.
1875
MISS GWILT: A Drama in Five Acts. (Altered from the novel Armadale.) By Wilkie Collins, printed for performance at the Theatre only, not published. 1 vol. Demy 8vo (5¼ × 8½). Pp. 104. Pp. 1 and 104 act as outside wrappers.
1877
THE MOONSTONE: A Dramatic Story in Three Acts. (Altered from the novel for performance on the stage.) By Wilkie Collins. (This play is not published. It is privately printed for the convenience of the author.) Charles Dickens and Evans, Crystal Palace Press. 1877. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7⅛). Pp. 176, of which (1) to (4) are unnumbered. The rest of the book, being printed on one side of the paper only, is paged (5) to 88. Paper wrappers, printed in black.