Lot 319
Dickens (Charles) A Tale of Two Cities, first edition, first issue, Chapman and Hall, 1859.
Hammer Price: £2,000
Description
Dickens (Charles) A Tale of Two Cities, first book edition, first issue with p.213 misnumbered 113, engraved additional title and 14 plates by Hablot K. Brown, lacking half-title, frontispiece and front free endpaper, occasional foxing, some corner creasing, plates with some marginal damp-staining, upper hinge weak, contemporary half calf, rubbed, [Eckel p.86; Smith I, 13], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1859.
Description
Dickens (Charles) A Tale of Two Cities, first book edition, first issue with p.213 misnumbered 113, engraved additional title and 14 plates by Hablot K. Brown, lacking half-title, frontispiece and front free endpaper, occasional foxing, some corner creasing, plates with some marginal damp-staining, upper hinge weak, contemporary half calf, rubbed, [Eckel p.86; Smith I, 13], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1859.