Lot 275
Lot 275
From the Library of Edward R. Leahy
A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens, 1859

    Price Realised USD 1,008
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    USD 1,500 - USD 2,500
    A Tale of Two Cities

    Charles Dickens, 1859

    Price Realised USD 1,008
    Price Realised USD 1,008
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    DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). A Tale of Two Cities. London: Chapman & Hall, 1859.

    "'It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done'" (Sydney Carton, p. 254)

    First edition in book form, first issue. With "affectionately misspelt on p.134 and page 213 mis-numbered "113." Eckel, p.90; Smith I:13; Yale/Gimbel A143.

    Octavo (210 x 131mm). Etched frontispiece, vignette-title and 14 plates by Hablot K. Browne ["Phiz"]. Bound without advertisements. Later half calf over marbled boards (endpapers stained and abraded from removal of old bookplates, hinges cracked, rubbed, spine lettering faded, corners showing). Provenance: Anna Branston (ownership signature dated 1862 to front free endpaper).
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