Buy this book on-line DICKENS, Charles. [BROWNE, H.K.] : A Tale of Two Cities. With Illustrations by H. K. BrowneChapman and Hall, London, 1859.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with all the earliest state points (see pages 134, 163, 213, and 238). 8vo., pp. (viii) + 254 + (1). Attractively bound in recent dark green morocco over green cloth boards. Lavishly decorated in gilt to the spine. Top edge gilt. Internally clean and bright, minor spotting to the pplates as ever. A very attractive copy of the first edition. A handsome copy of one of Dickens most accessible tales containing (in my opinion) one of the few truly human beings to grace Dickens' novels in the form of the frequently drunk, eminently romantic Sydney Carton "...idlest and most unpromising of men." Eckel, p. 86; Kitton. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of DICKENS, Charles. [BROWNE, H.K.] : A Tale of Two Cities. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres illustrées, atlases, rare books, antiquarian books and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |