Dickens, Charles.. A TALE OF TWO CITIES.. Chapman and Hall: London, 1859.

Price: US$11500.00 + shipping

Description: 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.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. Chapman and Hall, London, 1859.

Price: US$25000.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 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.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.