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First Edition in Book Form/First Issue with all points present (p.213 misnumbered 113, list of plates with "b" at bottom); Autograph Letter SIGNED by Dickens to author Percy Fitzgerald recommending a title for Fitzgerald's upcoming book ("The Doctor's Mixture"), on Gad's Hill stationary and dated 4/4/1870. The Morgan Library records a follow up letter on the same subject dated May of 1870. A Very Good to Near Fine copy, rebound by the renowned bookbinders Sangorski and Sutcliffe of London, with final lines of the novel in gilt, encircling the upper cover in a decoratively ruled border; publisher's red cloth covers and spine bound in. An extraordinary presentation of one of the all time classic works of literature; signed Dickens pieces with association and provenance are scarce in today's marketplace.This copy is in very good to near fine condition with light rubbing and age-toning to the board edges and front board; a few small tears are present to the page edges at pages 2, 131,…

A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.