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A Tale of Two Cities
by DICKENS, Charles
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Avon, Connecticut: The Heritage Press. Near Fine. [c.1970s-80s]. Hardcover. The twelfth novel of Charles Dickens focuses on the French Revolution and is presented here in a handsome illustrated Heritage Press edition with slipcase. With illustrations in color and at chapter heads in black & white by René Ben Sussan; and with an introduction by John T. Winterich. Sandglass leaflet laid in (Avon, no. VI R: 39). --- In full grey variant cloth-covered boards w/maroon decorations on covers & spine, gilt title oval on spine and maroon topstain. Possibly published c.1970s-80s, though 1938 date appears in book. In maroon paper-covered slipcase. --- An especially well-preserved copy: bright, tightly-bound and unmarked, though with faint yellowing to spine. Slipcase with slight sunning, otherwise structurally sound.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); (26), 13-371 pages .
Synopsis
Written by Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel that follows Manette, a French doctor imprisoned for 18 long years in Paris’s Bastille. Following his release, he goes to live in London with his daughter Lucie, who had never met him and believed him to be dead. Set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution and Reign of Terror, A Tale of Two Cities is a fictitious story that falls both into the historical and adventure genres. The famous book is one of the bestselling novels of all time, both for the atmosphere that Dickens’ creates and the tension he weaves. Full of love and brutality, A Tale of Two Cities exposes the highs and lows of humanity.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86837
- Title
- A Tale of Two Cities
- Author
- DICKENS, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Publisher
- The Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- Avon, Connecticut
- Date Published
- [c.1970s-80s]
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About the Seller
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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