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Tale of Two Cities

“IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES”

DICKENS, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. London, 1859.

First edition, first issue, bound from parts, of Dickens' second historical novel, one of his most enduring works—a powerful tale of self-sacrifice and rebirth amid the turmoil of the French Revolution—in handsome contemporary morocco-gilt. $12,000.

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Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

“NEVER WAS A BOOK RECEIVED WITH MORE RAPTUROUS ENTHUSIASM THAN THAT WHICH GREETED THE PICKWICK PAPERS”

DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London, 1837.

First edition, bound from the original parts (mixed first and later issues), of one of Dickens’ greatest works, of one of Dickens’ greatest works, with 43 illustrations by Seymour, Phiz, and Buss, attractively bound. $6500.

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Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

“LARGER AND BRIGHTER THAN THE REALITY”

DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London, 1839.

First edition, early issue, bound from parts, of one of Dickens' most popular novels, illustrated with 39 etchings by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz") and the steel-engraved frontispiece portrait after the painting by Daniel Maclise. $2600.

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