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Published by London: Chapman and Hall, 1859
Seller: 19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop, Stevenson, MD, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Original red cloth (first binding). Joints very slightly tender, light soiling. A very handsome copy in original, unrestored condition. Half morocco case. FIRST EDITION, FIRST BINDING, FIRST PRINTING (with page 213 mis-numbered 113 and sig. b present on the list of illustrations, points that were corrected in later copies of this edition). A Tale of Two Cities is one of Dickens s greatest and most-quoted novels. The force of the novel springs from its exploration of darkness and death but its beauty derives from Dickens s real sense of transcendence, from his ability to see the sweep of destiny . . . this is what emerges most clearly from one of his shortest and most powerful novels (Ackroyd). Dickens was emotionally vested in this great novel. He wrote, It has had complete possession of me; I have so far verified what is done and suffered in these pages as that I have certainly done and suffered it all myself. The quality and strength of the prose is some of the finest he was ever to produce, for example, It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known. This is the best copy we have seen. The novel s serialization in Dickens s weekly All the Year Round reduced the demand for the book and parts issues, and thus collectible copies are scarce. Provenance: Mrs. J. Insley Blair, Sotheby s, New York, 3 December 2004, lot 140.
Published by Chapman and Hall June-December 1859, London, 1859
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition, first issue of one of Dickensâ most enduring works, with p.213 in part 7/8 mispaginated "113", and signature mark 'b' present on List of Plates at end, etched frontispiece, additional title and 14 plates by "Phiz" (Hablot K. Browne). Octavo, original blue-green wrappers. Complete with all the advertisements called for by Hatton & Cleaver, and the two rare slips in parts 1 and 5. Includes three variant issues of part 1, one with Morison's 'premises' advert, the second with Morison's 'lion' advert, and the third with the rare French version of the Morison's 'lion' advert. In near fine condition. A scarce and desirable complete set in original parts. Housed in a custom folding clamshell box. The most famous and possibly the most popular of Dickens's novels, A Tale of Two Cities shows a master of dramatic narrative extracting gold from the ore of history. If the bloody tableau of the French Revolution were not in itself sufficient for a dozen novels, Dickens added to it a professional resurrectionist, an authentic ogress, and an antihero as convincingly flawed as any in modern literature. â Dickens had always admired Carlyleâ s History of the French Revolution, and asked him to recommend suitable books from which he could research the period; in reply Carlyle sent him a â cartloadâ of volumesâ ¦ So great was [Dickensâ ] enthusiasm for the story that it had indeed â taken in possessionâ of himâ ¦ The force of the novel springs from its exploration of darkness and death but its beauty derives from Dickensâ real sense of transcendence, from his ability to see the sweep of destinyâ (Ackroyd, 858). The last of Dickensâ books to be illustrated by H.K. Browne (â Phizâ ), with 16 engraved plates by him. â Browne, for 23 years responsible for all the etchings which had so successfully embellished these [Dickensâ ] books, produced his last drawings for the present workâ ¦ Bradbury and Evans, the printers of all and publishers of five of Dickensâ works as issued in monthly parts, had ceased to act in this dual capacity after completion of Little Dorritâ ¦ [resulting] in the return of Chapman and Hall as publishers of this and all succeeding worksâ (Hatton & Cleaver, 333).
Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1859
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. This is the TRUE FIRST EDITION with the First issue point with page 213 miss-paginated. The publisher's catalog is present and dated November 1859. This copy is SIGNED by Charles Dickens on a laid in check dated 1859, the same year this book was published. A wonderful UNRESTORED copy bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's Red Cloth. The binding is tight with light wear to the boards. The pages are clean with minor discoloration to the endpapers. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy of this First Edition SIGNED by the author. We buy Charles Dickens First Editions. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1859
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Original printed wraps with near-invisible restoration to some spines. A Near Fine, largely unopened copy, with occasional marginal foxing or offsetting from the plates. First printing with p. 213 numbered 113 (and the other points in Smith), but without signature "b" on the list of illustrations. Complete with all sixteen etched plates by "Phiz" and all advertisements called for in Hatton & Cleever (including the scarce Thackeray ad for Cornhill Magazine), plus an additional sixteen pages of ads in parts VII and VIII not mentioned in the bibliography. Housed in a custom slipcase with chemise bearing the bookplate of Michael Sharpe. Published in 1859, A Tale of Two Cities is considered one of the greatest of Dickens' works and contains one of the most recognizable openings in the English language: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Originally released in parts, after its completion A Tale of Two Cities became (and still remains) one of the most widely read novels in history, selling over 200 million copies to date. The book follows events in London and Paris around the time of the French Revolution, and Dickens used Thomas Carlyle's history of the French Revolution as both a source and inspiration. A complex novel of opposites and foils, its exploration of national and individual identity, selfish and selflessness, love and sacrifice has inspired countless operas, musicals, and films including a 1935 movie nominated for Best Picture.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London Chapman and Hall, 1859. Beautiful First edition, First Issue in the Original Red Cloth DICKENS, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue in the primary binding. Octavo 8 3/4 x 5 9/16 inches; 222 x 141 mm. [i-vii] viii [ix-x], [1] 2-254; Sixteen inserted plates, including frontispiece and vignette title, by Browne ['Phiz']. All eight of Smith's internal flaws necessary for the first issue present, including page 213 misnumbered 113. Publishers primary binding of deep red sand-grain cloth, covers stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt. Edges uncut. Cloth on boards is still a rich red. Housed in a full leather decorated red morocco clamshell case. An excellent copy. A Tale of Two Cities was first serialized in Dickenss periodical All the Year Round, from April 30-November 26, 1859. Its appearance in monthly parts (July-December 1859) and book form mark Dickenss return to his old publishers Chapman and Hall, after a long stay with Bradbury and Evans. The extremely large audience for the novel in All the Year Round, however, left less than the usual demand for the parts issue and, at first, for the book, both of which are now quite rare. This title also marks the authors final collaboration with Phiz, Dickenss most evocative and most sympathetic illustrator. Smith I, 13. Hatton and Cleaver, pp. 333-342.
Published by Chapman and Hall and at The Office of All the Year Round 1859, 1859
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
FIRST EDITION, 1st issue. Front., engr. title & 14 plates by H.K. Browne; sl. browned. Bound from the parts in original red morocco-grained cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettering in reversed out of gilt. Endpapers early replaced with similar pale yellow paper. Armorial bookplate of William Edward Kelly. A very well-preserved copy in custom-made cloth box. Smith I, 13; with all the issue points attributed by him to the first issue, including the uncorrected pagination '113' on p213, and signature 'b' on the list of plates ('omitted. in later copies'). This copy is bound without the catalogue, which Smith says appeared 'in some copies'. A Tale of Two Cities is probably the most difficult Dickens first edition in cloth. This copy has slight marking to the back board; there is slight rubbing but it is v.g. - and probably as good as it is possible to obtain. From the library of William Edward Kelly of St. Helens, Westport, County Mayo.
Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
London: Chapman & Hall, MDCCCLIX (1859). 8vo, [ix], [1]-254, 16 etched plates including frontis and title vignette. Full olive green fine-diaper cloth, entirely stamped in blind with a three line border which encloses a rectangular frame within which is is an ornament of leaves and stems in each corner and a chain-like design with each link enclosing a four-leafed flower. Housed in a green cloth slip-case. The head and tail of the backstrip are very slightly bumped with some sun toning; minor scattered foxing mostly near plates and some off-setting; a good clean copy in a beautifully preserved original cloth binding. § First edition in the rare secondary green cloth binding. Two of the eight internal flaws identified by Smith as necessary for the first issue have been corrected: "l" and "f" are printed on p.116 and 213 is numbered correctly. Of the latter point Eckel observes "The absence of this error does not invalidate a first edition but it fixes the priority of printing" and Smith concludes "this binding is probably of a later state than the red morocco [cloth] one", i.e. second issue. "When Dickens began the publication of All the Year Round, the successor of Household Words, he realized the necessity of making a strong start. So he began writing A Tale of Two Cities, publishing the first of the serial in the opening number of his new periodical. As a novel of great popularity it probably ranks next to Pickwick and Copperfield" (Eckel 87). This was the last novel in which Dickens worked with "Phiz" after a partnership of 23 years, and was published on commission through the renewed partnership with Chapman & Hall. Podeschi A143. Thomson 89. Smith I, 13.
Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1859
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
BROWNE, Hablot Knight (illustrator). . A Tale of Two Cities. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. Full Description: DICKENS, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne London: Chapman and Hall, [June-December] 1859. First edition, first issue, in the original eight numbers, bound in seven monthly parts. Octavo (8 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 220 x 140 mm). [i-vii]viii[ix-x], [1]2-254. (No half-title called for.) Sixteen inserted plates including the frontispiece and the vignette title. Set collates complete, with the exception of Part V which is lacking all ads, and part VI only has one of the two leaves of the back advertisement. With the often-seen substitution of the Morison "Monument" ad for the Morison "View" ad in Part III, as in all other copies we've been able to trace. Also present is the scarce advertisement in the final part for Thackeray's The Cornhill Magazine, rarely present. Text is first issue with p. 213 showing "113", "affectionately" misspelled on page 134 and the List of Plates bearing signature "b." Original blue printed wrappers. All spines have been neatly renewed. Some light dust soiling to parts wrappers. Text is generally very clean. Plates with some occasional toning. The top of the front wrappers of parts II, III, V and VI are trimmed close, just touching the boarder and the date on part III. The front advertiser is occasionally trimmed close along the top margin. Parts II, V and VI with previous owner's old ink signature on front wrapper. Part II with some fraying along edges of front wrappers and along the blank fore-edge margin of the two plates. Bottom edge of of wrapper of Part III lightly frayed. Part V with some darker soiling front front wrapper. Still overall, a very good set. Housed in a chemise and a full green morocco clamshell. A Tale of Two Cities marks the final collaboration of Phiz and Dickens, as well as Dickens' return to Chapman and Hall. It is one of the rarer novels in parts. The serialization in All the Year Round ran weekly from 30 April to 26 November, with the book being published on 21 November. Dickens "had always admired Carlyle's History of the French Revolution, and asked him to recommend suitable books from which he could research the period; in reply Carlyle sent him a â cartload' of volumes.Apparently Dickens read, or at least looked through, them all; it was his aim during the period of composition only to read books of the period itself, and so great was his enthusiasm for the story that it had indeed â taken possession' of him.Dickens's knowledge of the French Revolution was strengthened by Carlyle's wonderful history, which had appeared twenty-two years before.According to Carlyle's biographer, Froude, Dickens carried with him everywhere a copy of A History of the French Revolution at the time of its publication in 1837.Certainly some episodes from A Tale of Two Cities are established upon Carlyle's own narrative.Carlyle's history may also have prompted Dickens's use of hidden documents which play so large a part in the working out of his plot.in A Tale of Two Cities Dickens took from Carlyle what he needed and then refashioned it in the light of his own highly idiosyncratic or immediate preoccupations with imprisonment, with rebirthâ "and, more particularly, with self-sacrifice and the renunciation of love.The force of the novel springs from its exploration of darkness and death but its beauty derives from Dickens's real sense of transcendence, from his ability to the sweep of destiny" (Peter Ackroyd, Dickens, pp. 858-868). A Tale of Two Cities was first serialized in Dickens's periodical All the Year Round, from April 30-November 26, 1859. Its appearance in monthly parts (June-December 1859) and book form mark Dickens's return to his old publishers Chapman and Hall, after a long stay with Bradbury and Evans. The extremely large audience for the novel in All the Year Round, however, left less than the usual demand for the parts issue and, at first, for the book, both of which are now quite rare. This title also marks the author's final collaboration with "Phiz," Dickens's most evocative and most sympathetic illustrator. Hatton and Cleaver, pp. 333-342. HBS 69014. $13,500.
First Edition; first binding; publisher's maroon cloth; 32 page publisher's catalogue (not present in all copies); owner's 20th century ink notation on the front free endpaper; hinges and spine archivally mended (not rebacked or recased); some foxing; a very good copy. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1859
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the First issue point with page 213 misnumbered "113." The book is bound in the publisher's ORIGINAL red cloth with NO restoration. The binding is tight with some wear to the spine and boards. The book has the inserted frontispiece with the decorative title-page and fourteen other inserted plates. Includes yellow half-sheet slip inserted between pages two and three announcing "Discontinuance of Household Words" and its merging with All the Year Round. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in book. A wonderful copy housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation.
Published by Chapman and Hall: London, 1859
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
8.5 x 5.25, full gilt ruled crushed gold morocco with raised bands; aeg, SIGNED BINDINGS BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE, 254 pp + List of Plates, covers a little rubbed, hinges a little loose, pp toned with a little finger soiling else a finely bound beautiful copy of the FIRST ED with "affetcionately" on p 134, missing "lf" on p 166, and "113" on p 213.
Published by Chapman & Hall, London, 1859
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Full Leather. Condition: Near Fine. H. K. Browne (illustrator). 1st Edition. Full Hunter Green morocco leather gilt. Gilt ruled 6 times on front and rear panels with olive branch decorations. Spine with 6 compartments and elaborate gilt. Gilt dentelles with 8 gilt ruled panels over patterned endpapers. Followed by marbled pages front and rear. All edges gilt. All by MARIUS MICHEL and so signed. Housed in cloth slipcase consisting of the original red cloth binding. Conforms to Major 1st ed 1st printing points of page 213 printed 113 and letter b at bottom of plate list. Some wear along joints. Darkening of leather on spine. Mild foxing to front blanks but text remarkably clean. A beautiful copy of one of the Dickens favourties. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.
Leather Binding. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A complete set of the first edition in original parts, housed in a stunning full plum morocco solander case, 'spine' with raised bands and elaborate gilt floral tooling. First edition of the original 8 parts issued in 7 numbers. Octavo. [i-vii], viii, [ix-x], [1], 2-254 pages. 16 inserted plates by Phiz. Original green printed wrappers, designed by Phiz. Wrappers correct except: back pf Part V supplied from a Dorrit; front of VII/VIII is actually doctored from a Part I, and back of that number is from a Dorrit. In Part III the called-for 'Morrison's Pills' ads is replaced with the 'Morisonian Monument' ad (as it often shows up). Part V wants its 'Advertiser' and slip to follow (and has a superfluous ad for Waterlow). Part VII/VIII lacks the rarely seen Cornhill ad and substitutes several more common ads. Otherwise matches Hatton & Cleaver. Page 134 line 12 has the first issue misspeling 'affetcionately'. List of Plates lacks the signature 'b' (a later state). The set show quite well with little soiling, it has some tears, nicks, wear, and less paper restoration that one would expect. Text and plates are clean and bright, and the text is partly unopened. A TALE OF TWO CITIES was issued in book form November 21st, 1859. This issue in parts is one of the rarest works in Dickens' canon, and marked the end of his working relationship with Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). Hatton & Cleaver pp. 333-342.
First edition in the original monthly parts. Eight volumes in seven, 8vo (225 x 143mm.), 16 plates etched on steel by 'Phiz' (Hablot K. Browne), lacking the 'Advertiser' from the last 3/4 parts, several others wanting but with substitutes provided from other issues, p. 213 correctly numbered, original blue printed wrappers (the last 3/4 parts with covers substituted from earlier parts with the part numbering and dates neatly altered), housed in crushed crimson morocco book-form pull-off case, raised bands, lettered in gilt, some neat repairs to spines. "Exceeded in scarcity only by Pickwick and Sketches by Boz" (Eckel), and being the final collaboration between Dickens and his illustrator Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"). The novel had first appeared in the weekly journal "All the Year Round" from 30 April to 26 November 1859. (Hatton and Cleaver pp. 333-342; Eckel p.86.) Not a copy for the purist, perhaps, but a thoroughly presentable one of a scarce work that ranks among the author's finest.
Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1859
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition, first issue of one of Dickens' most enduring works, with p. 213 misnumbered "113," the signature mark "b" at the foot of the plate list, and the misspelling "affetcionately" on line 12, p. 134. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, panels decoratively triple-ruled in gilt with gilt floral cornerpieces, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including frontispiece and title vignette. In near fine condition. The most famous and possibly the most popular of Dickens's novels, A Tale of Two Cities shows a master of dramatic narrative extracting gold from the ore of history. If the bloody tableau of the French Revolution were not in itself sufficient for a dozen novels, Dickens added to it a professional resurrectionist, an authentic ogress, and an antihero as convincingly flawed as any in modern literature. â Dickens had always admired Carlyleâ s History of the French Revolution, and asked him to recommend suitable books from which he could research the period; in reply Carlyle sent him a â cartloadâ of volumesâ ¦ So great was [Dickensâ ] enthusiasm for the story that it had indeed â taken in possessionâ of himâ ¦ The force of the novel springs from its exploration of darkness and death but its beauty derives from Dickensâ real sense of transcendence, from his ability to see the sweep of destinyâ (Ackroyd, 858). The last of Dickensâ books to be illustrated by H.K. Browne (â Phizâ ), with 16 engraved plates by him. â Browne, for 23 years responsible for all the etchings which had so successfully embellished these [Dickensâ ] books, produced his last drawings for the present workâ ¦ Bradbury and Evans, the printers of all and publishers of five of Dickensâ works as issued in monthly parts, had ceased to act in this dual capacity after completion of Little Dorritâ ¦ [resulting] in the return of Chapman and Hall as publishers of this and all succeeding worksâ (Hatton & Cleaver, 333).
Published by Chapman & Hall, London, 1859
Seller: MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS, UXBRIDGE, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. pp: [vii] viii-x [1]2-254. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Bound in full red calf with gilt trim, raised bands trimmed in gilt, title stamped in gilt. All edges trimmed in gilt. Held in matching red slipcase. The love theme triangle in the novel was likely inspired by a similar situation in 'The Frozen Deep', a play in which Dickens acted. Frontispiece and fourteen plates. Page 213 mis numbered as '113'. Gimbel A143. The 45-chapter novel was published in 31 weekly installments in Dickens' new literary periodical titled All the Year Round. From April 1859 to November 1859, Dickens also republished the chapters as eight monthly sections in green covers.The first weekly installment of A Tale of Two Cities ran in the first issue of All the Year Round on 30 April 1859. The last ran thirty weeks later, on 26 November. This was the last of Dickens' novels to be illustrated by Browne.
Published by T. B. Peterson and Brothers, 806 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 1859
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
[2], [19] - 211, [13] pp. Text double column. 2 pages of adverts begin volume [noting the publication of the title in 25 different "editions"], which concludes with 13 pages of publisher adverts. NB. ToC paginated as (21). Unillustrated. Royal 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6" The first US appearance of ATTC was serially in Harper's Weekly; Peterson published the 1st US book edition, of which Smith notes that "the presumed first issue in paper covers has not been found", that is, until now. According to Smith, who posits a release date for this edition of 29 November 1859, "Peterson placed this cheap issue, which concluded on page 211, on the market before its serialized completion in Harper's Weekly to forestall competitors. On Monday, December 5, Peterson then published the novel in 25 different styles with illustrations to make it uniform with the various collected editions of Dickens's works published previously by the firm." Quite rare, first time we've seen, much less handled, a copy. General wear & soiling to wrappers, tideline in upper left of front wrapper, professionally refurbished. Foxing throughout. An About Very Good copy of a rare survivor, housed in a handsome As New chemise / slipcase. Original publisher's printed buff paper covers with wood engraving to center of front cover. Rear cover advertises the "Twenty-five Different Editions", splendidly illustrated by McLenan. Now housed in a custom chemise / slipcase 1st US book edition, first issue, second state, with the advert for the 25 different editions at front. Cf Smith AMERICAN 12, especially note 5).
Published by London Chapman and Hall 1859, 1859
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition, First Issue with p. 213 mis-numbered 113 and signature b to the list of illustrations leaf and the required mis-spelling at p. 134. With 16 illustrations by H. K. Browne, including a frontispiece and vignette title page. 8vo, very handsomely bound in antique three-quarter tan calf, the covers with fine marbled paper over the boards, the spine elaborately decorated within panels gilt tooled at the borders and with central gilt ornamental pieces between raised bands, lettered in gilt on contrasting maroon and brown morocco lettering labels, l blue marbled endleaves, a.e.g. viii, list of plates, 254pp. A fine and very handsome copy indeed, the prelims with some browning from long ago. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. TALE OF TWO CITIES ranks amongst the most famous works in the history of literary fiction. It is one of only two works of historical fiction by Charles Dickens and stands out from most of Dickens's other novels as the one containing the least humour. That is not surprising, as the historical context of the novel, the French Revolution and Reign of Terror, were a bit bleak to allow for the wackier characters Dickens is known for. This fact has in no way impacted the novel s popularity, it has never been out of print and by the start of the 21th century had sold an estimated 200 million copies worldwide.
Condition: Very good plus. First edition in book form of this classic story of love and the weight of family history set during the French Revolution, one of Dickens's best-known works. First issued in serial format like most of Dickens's novels, A TALE OF TWO CITIES features a setting that "had been [Dickens's] historical favorite for many years." He reportedly "entered the mental and mechanical work" of writing the story "with great spirit" (Eckel, 86). Dickens began TALE shortly after starring in the Wilkie Collins play THE FROZEN DEEP, which features the familiar theme of a love triangle in which one member sacrifices himself for the good of the remaining two. TALE has been adapted for stage, screen, and radio numerous times, with the villainous Marquis St. Evremonde being played by Basil Rathbone and Christopher Lee. This is an attractive copy of the beloved novel, with all of Smith's first issue points present. Octavo, 8.5'' x 5''. Full 19th-century green polished calf boards with gilt thistle cornerpieces dentelles, brown spine label. Skillfully rebacked, with original spine laid down, renewed endpapers. All edges. gilt. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, pictorial title page and 14 full-page plates (16 total). Page 213 misnumbered 113 and all other textual points for the first edition listed by Smith. Bound without list of plates and publisher's catalogue. viii, 254 pages. Binding with light edgewear, corners a touch bumped. Tiny dampstain to upper gutter of frontispiece and pictorial title page. Leaves with scattered foxing, mild offsetting from plates to facing pages; the first 30 pages standing a bit proud. Tight.
Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1859
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition, first issue of one of Dickens' most enduring works, with p. 213 misnumbered "113," the signature mark "b" at the foot of the plate list, and the misspelling "affetcionately" on line 12, p. 134. Octavo, bound in three quarters leather over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers. Sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including frontispiece and title vignette. In near fine condition. Ownership signature. The most famous and possibly the most popular of Dickens's novels, A Tale of Two Cities shows a master of dramatic narrative extracting gold from the ore of history. If the bloody tableau of the French Revolution were not in itself sufficient for a dozen novels, Dickens added to it a professional resurrectionist, an authentic ogress, and an antihero as convincingly flawed as any in modern literature. â Dickens had always admired Carlyleâ s History of the French Revolution, and asked him to recommend suitable books from which he could research the period; in reply Carlyle sent him a â cartloadâ of volumesâ ¦ So great was [Dickensâ ] enthusiasm for the story that it had indeed â taken in possessionâ of himâ ¦ The force of the novel springs from its exploration of darkness and death but its beauty derives from Dickensâ real sense of transcendence, from his ability to see the sweep of destinyâ (Ackroyd, 858). The last of Dickensâ books to be illustrated by H.K. Browne (â Phizâ ), with 16 engraved plates by him. â Browne, for 23 years responsible for all the etchings which had so successfully embellished these [Dickensâ ] books, produced his last drawings for the present workâ ¦ Bradbury and Evans, the printers of all and publishers of five of Dickensâ works as issued in monthly parts, had ceased to act in this dual capacity after completion of Little Dorritâ ¦ [resulting] in the return of Chapman and Hall as publishers of this and all succeeding worksâ (Hatton & Cleaver, 333).
Published by Chapman and Hall, London, Great Britain, 1859
Seller: Pandora's Books, Riverside, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hard Cover with Slipcase. Condition: Very Good. H.K. Browne (illustrator). 1st Edition. This is a first edition, rebound copy, with slipcase. There are 14 illustrations in black and white. Book has gilt on top edge with previous owners name on end paper. Appears signature is very old. A nice, clean copy of a great piece of literary history. A rebound, clean copy of a literary piece of history. Slipcase.
Published by (The Columbia Broadcasting System, Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on the Air), [New York], 1938
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Quarto. 94 mimeographed leaves printed rectos only. Bound (or likely rebound at an early date) with quarter canvas spine and thick card boards with typed title labels on front board and spine. Modest evidence of bookplate removal inside front board, small chip at the corner of the label on the front board, else very near fine. Adapted from the Charles Dickens novel. The Mercury Theatre on the Air produced 22 radio plays based on literary novels, plays, or short stories in 1938, this was the third play produced. Up until October, 1938, all of the adaptations, including this one, were written by Orson Welles and John Houseman. Overwhelmed by the weekly deadlines (Welles also starred in most of the dramas, sometimes playing multiple parts), they hired Howard Koch to assist - three weeks later they collaborated on *The War of the Worlds* - arguably the most famous dramatic radio broadcast in history. In *A Tale of Two Cities*, Welles played both Sidney Carton and Dr. Alexandre Manette in this production. In the script, page two is blank, except for the word "Welles" - presumably Welles would deliver his introduction extemporaneously. The Mercury Theatre on the Air scripts are rare. *OCLC* locates a single copy of this script (Dartmouth).
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original maroon cloth covers, rebacked with matching leather spine. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. 1859. First edition, second state with title-page still dated 1859 but with corrected pagination on page 213 and no signature "b" on the list of plates. Octavo. [i-vii]viii[ix-x], [1]2-254 pp. Sixteen inserted plates, including frontispiece and vignette title, by Browne ['Phiz']. From the silk manufacturing family empire of George Courtauld, signed and dated 1859 by George Courtauld (unclear if the father or the son) on the front free endpaper, and with the bookplate of (son or brother) Sydney Courtauld on the front pastedown. A vestige of British history. Far more desirable with the original cloth instead of the far more common complete rebinding. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Published by Chapman & Hall, London 1860's-1870's, 1860
Seller: Alpha 2 Omega Books BA, Southampton, HANTS, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. VGC.Chapman & Hall, London ,1860's-1870's.Illustrated Library Edition of the Works of Charles Dickens in complete 26 octavo volumes(I to XXVI).This set was reissued between 1861 and 1874 with illustrations and was called the Illustrated Library Edition.Hardbacks(marbled front and back covers, gilt lettering to the spine) bound in mainly contemporary half leather(four volumes are in more recent half leather, small nicks and dents on the edges of the covers and spines) in VGC. Illustrated with many b/w plates.Nice and clean pages with small ink marks,creases and nicks on the edges of the pages,small foxing marks inside some of the pages, pages 49-50 in volume I are slightly loose, previous owner's name written on a sticker inside the front cover of each book except for 4 volumes, marbled endpapers and edges of the pages. The front cover of volume XII has come loose but is repairable. Illustrations by George Cruikshank, H. K. Browne.The collection is in VGC for its age with light shelf wear. A collectable and scarce early edition of The Works of Charles Dickens. Please note: This is heavy set(approx 22 Kg). Books sizes: 7.9 x 4.9 inches. This is another paragraph The books are as follows: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club ( 2 volumes, no date given but probably 1867), Nicholas Nickleby(2 volumes, dated 1869), Martin Chuzzlewit(2 volumes, dated 1969), Old Curiosity Shop & Reprinted Pieces(2 volumes), Barnaby Rudge(2 volumes including Hard Times), Sketches by Boz,Oliver Twist(dated 1868), David Copperfield(2 volumes,dated 1870), Pictures from Italy, Bleak House( 2 volumes,dated 1867), Little Dorrit( 2 volumes, dated 1862 & 1867), Christmas Books(dated 1868), Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations( dated 1866), Our Mutual Friend(2 volumes, dated 1869), Dombey and Son(2 volumes, dated 1868).The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club includes Charles Dicken's preface(in his preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens strenuously denied any specific input, writing that Mr Seymour never originated or suggested an incident, a phrase, or a word, to be found in the book.). Also, on the second page of the The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club volume I, it is printed: The Best Edition of my Books Is, Of Right, Inscribed to my Dear Friend John Forster, Biographer of Oliver Goldsmith. Many Patient Hours he has Devoted to the Correction of the Proof Sheets of the Original Editions; And in Affectionate Acknowledgement of His Councel, Sympathy, And Faithful Friendship During My Whole Literary Life. This is another paragraph Later Editions: Upon completion of serialization the works were issued as complete novels in one to three volumes with original, and in some instances, additional illustrations. Starting in 1847 the older novels were reissued in what was called the Cheap Edition, these were published in weekly and monthly parts, and then as complete novels. Eventually all of Dickens' novels were reissued in the Cheap Edition. The concept of the Cheap Edition was similar to today's practice of reissuing hardback novels as more affordable paperbacks. Other editions published during Dickens lifetime include the Library Edition: a high quality set published without illustrations in 1858/59. This set was reissued between 1861 and 1874 with illustrations and was called the Illustrated Library Edition. In 1867 the Charles Dickens Edition was released. This edition featured new prefaces, written by Dickens, who also made minor corrections to the text. Chapman and Hall produced the Peoples Edition in 1865-1867, these were inexpensive monthly installments of the novels aimed at travelers in the very popular bookstalls popping up in railway stations all over Britain. Dickens' works were also published in America, sometimes simultaneously with the British edition and often with little or no compensation to the author or his publishers due to the lack of an international copyright law. Dickens campaigned unsuccessfully for international copyright du.
Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1859
Seller: Archives Fine Books (ANZAAB, ILAB), Brisbane, QLD, Australia
First Edition
Condition: Near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo : pp. (6) viii (1, list of plates) (1, blank) (1) 2-254 : 16 plates by H.K. Browne (Phiz) including frontis and vignette title : pale green e.p.s : half leather over marbled boards : five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Slight rubbing to boards; plates with occasional closed tears to edges, not affecting images; historical expert cleaning to some leaves; contemporary ownership signature. An exceptionally clean copy, handsomely bound. First edition, first issue, bound from the parts, of Dickens' second historical novel. It has proved one of his most enduring works - a tale of self-sacrifice set against the backdrop of the French Revolution. This was the last of Dickens' books to be illustrated by H.K. Browne ("Phiz"), with 16 plates engraved by him. "Browne, for 23 years responsible for all the etchings which had so successfully embellished these [Dickens'] books, produced his last drawings for the present work.Bradbury and Evans, the printers of all and publishers of five of Dickens' works as issued in monthly parts, had ceased to act in this dual capacity after the completion of Little Dorrit.[resulting] in the return of Chapman and Hall as publishers of this and all succeeding works" (Hatton and Cleaver, 333). Originally published as a serial in Dickens' weekly journal All the Year Round, issued in eight parts from June to December 1859. First issue, with page 213 misnumbered and the signature mark "b" on the List of Plates and all other first edition points as called for. [Smith I:13; Hatton and Cleaver 333-42; Gimbel A143].
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A very good, first edition, first issue, rebound in leather, with all first issue points. As Hatton and Cleaver note in their bibliography, A Tale of Two Cities has "practically no 'points' sufficiently outstanding to distinguish the earlier printings." However, both H&C and Smith agree that copies with the misprint on page 213 corrected and lacking the signature "b" on page ix are decidedly second printings. This copy has the first issue points. Foxing, all plates and some pages have been inserted. All plates and pages are present, except no publisher's catalog, which is not present in all copies. Housed in custom-made collector's cloth slipcase.
Published by M.A. Donohue & Company, 1920
Seller: Night light, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. M.A. Donohue & Company were not a huge publisher of Dickens works. The earliest versions were printed in London, U.K, Donahue is an American publishing co. Records show they were publishing Dickens' work around 1910/1920 though the majority of their books were never dated. (Hard Times - David Copperfield - Barnaby Rudge & Edwin Drood - are a reprint of the first edition, with the illustrations, and introduction, biographical and bibliographical, by Charles Dickens the younger). Condition: Fine +++. Seller Inventory # SSN-00016.
Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1859
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition, first issue of one of Dickens' most enduring works. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including frontispiece and title vignette. The most famous and possibly the most popular of Dickens's novels, A Tale of Two Cities shows a master of dramatic narrative extracting gold from the ore of history. If the bloody tableau of the French Revolution were not in itself sufficient for a dozen novels, Dickens added to it a professional resurrectionist, an authentic ogress, and an antihero as convincingly flawed as any in modern literature. â Dickens had always admired Carlyleâ s History of the French Revolution, and asked him to recommend suitable books from which he could research the period; in reply Carlyle sent him a â cartloadâ of volumesâ ¦ So great was [Dickensâ ] enthusiasm for the story that it had indeed â taken in possessionâ of himâ ¦ The force of the novel springs from its exploration of darkness and death but its beauty derives from Dickensâ real sense of transcendence, from his ability to see the sweep of destinyâ (Ackroyd, 858). The last of Dickensâ books to be illustrated by H.K. Browne (â Phizâ ), with 16 engraved plates by him. â Browne, for 23 years responsible for all the etchings which had so successfully embellished these [Dickensâ ] books, produced his last drawings for the present workâ ¦ Bradbury and Evans, the printers of all and publishers of five of Dickensâ works as issued in monthly parts, had ceased to act in this dual capacity after completion of Little Dorritâ ¦ [resulting] in the return of Chapman and Hall as publishers of this and all succeeding worksâ (Hatton & Cleaver, 333).
Condition: Fine. H.K. Browne. (illustrator). First Edition in Book Form. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Magnificently bound in full crimson morocco by Bayntyn, Riviere. Gold portrait of Dickens on front cover and facsimile of his signature on rear cover also in gold. Inner dentelles over beautiful marbled boards. All edges gilt. Eckel 86; Sadleir 701. Size: 8vo.