Nov 21, 2013 - Sale 2332

Sale 2332 - Lot 85

Price Realized: $ 1,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
DICKENS, CHARLES. A Tale of Two Cities. Engraved frontispiece, vignette title and 14 illustrations by H.K. Browne ("Phiz"). 8vo, contemporary 1/2 dark green calf, morocco lettering piece to spine, boards and corners rubbed with some exposure, spine scuffed; scattered foxing, ownership inscription on front free endpaper. London: Chapman & Hall, 1859

Additional Details

first edition, first state bound from the parts with stab holes evident. With p. 213 misnumbered 113, and p. 134, line 12, showing the misspelling "affetcionately." Hatton & Cleaver, page 333; Smith Vol. I, 13; Eckel, p. 86.