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Charles Dickens, 1859
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A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens, 1859
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). A Tale of Two Cities. London: Chapman & Hall, 1859.
First edition in book form in the scarcer secondary binding of green cloth. The second issue, with page 213 numbered correctly. This work, which has one of the most recognizable opening lines of any English novel, marked the final collaboration between Dickens and illustrator Hablot K. Browne. The historical setting was a particular favorite of Dickens’s, who knew Carlyle’s French Revolution well. “He entered the mental and mechanical work with great spirit” (Eckel). Eckel, p.90 (copies bound in green cloth are "very scarce"); Smith I:13.
Octavo. Etched frontispiece and engraved title (hinges repaired). Original green cloth (sunning to spine); custom box. Provenance: Edmund Yates, 1831-1894, British author who in the 1850s was employed by Charles Dickens as drama critic to the Daily News(bookplate).
Charles Dickens, 1859
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). A Tale of Two Cities. London: Chapman & Hall, 1859.
First edition in book form in the scarcer secondary binding of green cloth. The second issue, with page 213 numbered correctly. This work, which has one of the most recognizable opening lines of any English novel, marked the final collaboration between Dickens and illustrator Hablot K. Browne. The historical setting was a particular favorite of Dickens’s, who knew Carlyle’s French Revolution well. “He entered the mental and mechanical work with great spirit” (Eckel). Eckel, p.90 (copies bound in green cloth are "very scarce"); Smith I:13.
Octavo. Etched frontispiece and engraved title (hinges repaired). Original green cloth (sunning to spine); custom box. Provenance: Edmund Yates, 1831-1894, British author who in the 1850s was employed by Charles Dickens as drama critic to the Daily News(bookplate).
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