A Tale of Two Cities. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne.

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870), [BROWNE, H.K., illustrator].

London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. [Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION, with the following first issue points; page 213 numbered 113; 'affectionately' misspelled on page 134; the name of 'Stryver' misspelt 'Striver' on plate at page 9. Signature 'b' is not noted on list of plates (the later state). Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.254, engravings by H.K. Browne. Contemporary half navy calf over marbled paper-covered sides, red morocco title label, edges speckled red, salmon-coloured drab endpapers. Contents clean throughout, plates are particularly fresh with only light marginal spotting, binding lightly rubbed with a few small cracks to head and tail at joints. A very good copy indeed. One of Dickens most accessible tales, set at the time of the French Revolution; the fortunes of two men - Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer - become entwined through their love for Lucie Manette. Drawn together to the streets of Paris, their fate is played out under the vengeful shadow of La Guillotine. Item #73436

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