Tale of Two Cities original cloth w/ Russell ALS
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Author: Dickens, Charles
Title: A Tale of Two Cities
Place Published: London
Publisher:Chapman & Hall
Date Published: 1859
Description:
Author: Dickens, Charles
Title: A Tale of Two Cities
Place Published: London
Publisher:Chapman & Hall
Date Published: 1859
Description:
x, 254 pp. Illustrated with 16 etched plates by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), including the frontispiece & added title. (8vo) 22.3x14.2 cm (8¾x5½"), original red cloth, blindstamped covers, spine stamped in gilt. First Edition in book form, early issue.
Laid in is a 3 pp. autograph letter signed from Lord John Russell, to whom the book is dedicated. Early issue with p.134, line 12 reading "affetcionately" but List of Plates without signature mark 'b' and p.213 numbered correctly. Dickens' novel of the French Revolution, unusual that he concentrated more on historical events than on characters. Last collaboration with Phiz as illustrator. Armorial bookplate of W.H.R. Saunders. Hatton & Cleaver p.333; Smith Vol. I, 13.
Condition
Cloth rubbed with light soiling, fraying, partial separation along joints, endpapers possibly renewed, leaning; light to moderate foxing throughout but sometimes clean; letter yellowing; overall very good.
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Tale of Two Cities original cloth w/ Russell ALS
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