A TALE OF TWO CITIES

First Easton Press Edition, illustrated by Rene Ben Sussan Illustrated throughout by Rene Ben Sussan with full page plates in colours and textual illustrations in black and white. Tall 8vo, bound in the publisher's black leather, the covers fully gilt in an all-over design, the spine with raised bands separating the compartments, the compartments fully decorated and lettered in gilt, silk doublures and endleaves, all edges gilt, silk ribbon marker. [x], 371 pp. A nice early volume in handsome original condition, the binding solid and sturdy and quite attractive with only a bit of expected rubbing or age wear, all very sturdy and sound with a clean, fresh textblock.

Edizione: dickensí great work about the terrors and turmoil of the french revolution. this was one of the last four of dickensí major novels to be written, and was only his second work of historical fiction (the first being barnaby rudge nearly 20 years earlier) but for modern readers it has become his most popular. in fact, with over 200 million copies estimated to have been sold in the 20th century alone, it can easily be called one of the most famous novels in the history of the art form.