DICKENS (CHARLES) A Tale of Two Cities, in original 7/8 parts

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Lot 178
DICKENS (CHARLES)
A Tale of Two Cities, in original 7/8 parts

Sold for £ 2,270 (US$ 2,808) inc. premium
ENGLISH LITERATURE
A Tale of Two Cities, in original 7/8 parts, first issue with page 213 misnumbered as 113, 16 plates by Halbot K. Browne (occasional spotting), 'Advertiser' complete in parts 1, 2 and 4 only, including 'The Cornhill Magazine' leaf in final part, part 1 with slip announcing discontinuance of 'Household Words', additional advertisements, publishers' blue printed wrappers, partly unopened, lower wrapper of parts 7/8 substituted with part 3, neatly rebacked, some soiling, tears and repairs, parts 5 and 6 with contemporary ownership signature to upper cover, preserved in blue solander box [Hatton & Cleaver pp.333-342; Eckel pp.86-90; Sadleir 701], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, July-December 1859
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