A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, First Edition, chapman hall (18 results)

First Edition. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."A TALE OF TWO CITIES in All The Year Round, Volumes 1, 2 & 3 complete, Volume 1, April 30, 1859 thru Volume 70, August 25, 1860, lst ed., fine copies with near fine contents rebound in half leather with raised spines and leather labels with gold-gilt lettering. A nice set free from any foxing. The true first appearance in print of this most famous work. Also contains 6 installments of THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER & HUNTED DOWN complete by Dickens, 3 episodes of Eugà ne François Vidocq, An early essay concerning Darwin's NATURAL SELECTION & the first appearance in print of THE WOMAN IN WHITE (complete) by Wilkie Collins.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first issue. Three quarter leather binding over marbled boards, with marbled endsheets. Light rubbing to leather at corners and fore edge. Previous owner details to prelim, with a short repaired tear. Pages sporadically foxed, a bit heavier to plates. The classic Dickens tale set during the French Revolution, with the iconic opening line "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illus. by H.K. Browne, 8.75 x 5.5", half green leather; marbled boards, 254pp, covers rubbed, some abrading to leather, extremities bumped, front endpaper through dedication page detached (but present), illus. toned and spotted; old (1860) ink ownership inscription at top of title page; a well-used copy of the FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (with all points listed in Walter E. Smith's CHARLES DICKENS IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH). Housed in a two piece green cloth and marbled boards case.

First edition, first issue of one of Dickens' most enduring works. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including frontispiece and title vignette. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper. 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).

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).

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).

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 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.

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).

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).