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Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859....
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Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859.8vo. Etched frontispiece, title and 14 plates by Hablot K. Browne ["Phiz"]. Original olive-green cloth, blindstamped on covers and spine, gilt-lettered on spine.
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, in the much scarcer secondary binding, second issue with p.213 correctly numbered. This copy is bound without the publisher's catalogue, which is found in some copies. Smith notes that this binding must come after the red cloth binding, since the signature mark "b" is not on the List of Plates and p.213 is correctly numbered. Eckel notes copies bound in green cloth are "very scarce." This copy with title variant not noted in Smith, with the single rules above and below "With Illustrations by H. K. Browne" longer than that shown in Smith (here extending from the front of the "R" to the front of the "H"), and in this copy there is a comma in the imprint after "Wellington Street."
Condition: Spine lightly sunned with ends repaired; some minor wear at corners; a little rubbing to covers; hint of fading at board edges; hinges repaired (with some glue discoloration at endpaper gutters). Light foxing to frontispiece and engraved title; light soiling and a few pale spots; otherwise very clean, with crisp and dark plate impressions.
References: Eckel, p. 90; Smith I:13.
Provenance: The Library of a Minnesota Collector.
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2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6323 (go to Auction Home page)
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