Description
The Author’s American edition of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, published in 1867.
Octavo, vi, [1], 6-160pp, 5-15pp ads, [5pp ads]. Full green cloth, title in gilt on front cover and spine. Portrait of Dickens stamped in gilt on front cover and in blind on rear cover. Yellow endpapers. Stated “Author’s American Edition” on title page. Solid text block, rubbed cloth at corners and spine, faint wear to endpapers. Some spots of toning throughout text. A very good example. Complete with 64 illustrations by John McLenan, and a frontispiece portrait. (Smith American, 12, p. 365)
Copies of the first issue of the American edition of A Tale of Two Cities have not been found. It was published by T.B. Peterson & Brothers on November 29, 1859, with paper wrappers.
