A Tale of Two Cities ; Our Mutual Friend

176 + 420 pages. Two books bound in one volume, undated but a fairly early edition in this format with text in two columns per page, frontispieces to A Tale of Two Cities is late in text, 2 plates MISSING from Our Mutual Friend, one extra unlisted at rear. Book has been rebound in the long past with UNTITLED leatherette/rexine to spine, hinges & corners, grey/maroon marbling to boards, ornate maroon marbling to end-papers. Wear with losses to spine-ends, surface scuffs to spine, some cracking to outer hinges. Wear through to card at corners & edges, slight surface wear. Darkening/mottling to page-edges. Foxing to title & last page. Illustrations are mostly integral to pages of text. Text has some blotches, generally quite clean & attractive. Text block binding sound.