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Lot 361
Sale 5792 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Jan 30, 2020
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[Literature] Dickens, Charles A Tale of Two Cities
London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition in book form, first issue. Illustrated with frontispiece, vingette title-page and 14 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne. Without 32 pp. catalogue at rear. Three-quarter green morocco, stamped in gilt, over green linen-covered boards, spine faded; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; by Bayntun; prelims foxed, text lightly toned. Smith I 98, Eckel 86-90.