DICKENS CHARLES A Tale of Two Cities

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DICKENS, CHARLES. A Tale of Two Cities. 16 etched plates by Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"), including the frontispiece and added title vignette. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 calf, spine tooled in gilt, morocco lettering piece, joints strengthened, moderate rubbing with abrasion to front board; top 1 1/4-inch margin of title-page excised not touching letters; Samuel Thorne, Jr. bookplate. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859

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first edition in book form, first issue, with p. 213 misnumbered, and p. 134, line 12 showing the misspelling "affecttionately." Hatton & Cleaver, page 333; Smith Vol. I, 13.