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DICKENS, Charles (1812-1879). A Tale of Two Cities. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859.
First edition, an unusual early issue in its original monthly parts in fine condition. With the exception of part 1, none of the parts were evidently bound with adverts. Unusually, the part wrappers do not have any printed material on the inside of the front covers, nor on rear wrappers. The imprint on the front wrapper to part 1 does not show the normal Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dublin imprint, but rather shares the line 'and "All the Year Round" Office, 11 Wellington-Street North, Strand' that appears on all the other parts. Furthermore, none of the front wrappers state the month of publication, as the bibliographies call for. Parts 7/8 seem to be a later issue with the correct pagination to p.213. A Tale of Two Cities marks the last time Hablot K. Browne was to illustrate a work by Dickens. After a twenty-three year association, the quality of his work had begun to deteriorate and their relationship was severed. It also marks the last time Dickens worked with Bradbury and Evans, before his return to Chapman and Hall for Our Mutual Friend. Hatton & Cleaver, pp.331-42.
8 parts in 7, octavo (222 x 143 mm). Title, dedication, preface and list of plates in the final part. Etched frontispiece, title and 14 plates by Hablot K. Browne ['Phiz'] (first 2 leaves of ads in part 1 with tiny marginal chips, a few plates with faint browning). Original blue-green pictorial wrappers, partly unopened (a few tiny nicks to a few heads and tails of spines, extremities faintly rubbed, but otherwise a fine set); brick-red cloth box (lightly soiled).
First edition, an unusual early issue in its original monthly parts in fine condition. With the exception of part 1, none of the parts were evidently bound with adverts. Unusually, the part wrappers do not have any printed material on the inside of the front covers, nor on rear wrappers. The imprint on the front wrapper to part 1 does not show the normal Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dublin imprint, but rather shares the line 'and "All the Year Round" Office, 11 Wellington-Street North, Strand' that appears on all the other parts. Furthermore, none of the front wrappers state the month of publication, as the bibliographies call for. Parts 7/8 seem to be a later issue with the correct pagination to p.213. A Tale of Two Cities marks the last time Hablot K. Browne was to illustrate a work by Dickens. After a twenty-three year association, the quality of his work had begun to deteriorate and their relationship was severed. It also marks the last time Dickens worked with Bradbury and Evans, before his return to Chapman and Hall for Our Mutual Friend. Hatton & Cleaver, pp.331-42.
8 parts in 7, octavo (222 x 143 mm). Title, dedication, preface and list of plates in the final part. Etched frontispiece, title and 14 plates by Hablot K. Browne ['Phiz'] (first 2 leaves of ads in part 1 with tiny marginal chips, a few plates with faint browning). Original blue-green pictorial wrappers, partly unopened (a few tiny nicks to a few heads and tails of spines, extremities faintly rubbed, but otherwise a fine set); brick-red cloth box (lightly soiled).
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