DICKENS CHARLES A Tale of Two Cities

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DICKENS, CHARLES. A Tale of Two Cities. 2 volumes. Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 dark green morocco by Stikeman, spines tooled in gilt in compartments, front cover detached on vol. 1 with small chip at foot of spine, minor rubbing and soiling; plate at p. 50 with long closed tear, catalog clipping tipped to rear endleaf in vol. 1. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859

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first edition, mixed issue, extra-illustrated copy, extended to two volumes with the insertion of 106 portraits, plates and illustrations including the front wrapper of the first volume of the parts issue. Points include p. 213 paginated correctly, and the misspelling 'affetcionately'on line 12, p. 134. Smith I.13; Eckel, pp. 86-90.