Antique "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas, Vintage Hardcover c.1900
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The Book
A hardcover edition of Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo, in a dark blue cloth binding with embossed decoration.
The cover carries striking red and green Art Nouveau motifs worked into the embossing, the decorative idiom of turn of the century literary publishing.
The pages have aged to a gentle patina, and the volume shows minor wear throughout.
History & Provenance
The Count of Monte Cristo was first published by Dumas in serialized form between 1844 and 1846, and remains one of the most widely read adventure novels in the language, built on revenge, justice, and redemption.
This edition dates to approximately the early 1900s, circa 1900 to 1910. The volume is not otherwise identified, so the dating rests on the binding itself, whose decorative cloth and embossed Art Nouveau ornament belong to the late Victorian and Edwardian trade.
The publication is likely American or British. No publisher is recorded on the listing, and the attribution rests on the style of the binding rather than an imprint.
Product Details
| Item | Hardcover book, The Count of Monte Cristo |
| Author | Alexandre Dumas |
| Era | Early 1900s, c. 1900 to 1910 |
| Origin | Likely American or British publication |
| Materials | Hardcover with embossed cloth binding |
| Binding | Dark blue cloth, embossed Art Nouveau design in red and green |
| Dimensions | To be confirmed |
| Condition | Good antique condition with minor wear and aged pages |
| Significance | Classic literature collectible |
Why It Belongs in Your Home
The binding is the reason to own this copy. Decorative cloth of this period was designed to be seen on a shelf, and the blue ground with red and green ornament holds its own in a stack or standing alone.
It suits a study, a library, or a bedside shelf, and it reads equally well as a decorative object and as a book to be taken down and read.
For a collector of literary history it offers an authentic connection to the moment when Dumas was standard household reading, at the price of a decorative volume rather than a first edition.
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