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FIRST EDITION, 3rd issue. Front., engr. title & plates by H.K. Browne; prelims a little spotted. Contemp. half dark green calf, spine attractively dec. in gilt, maroon & brown morocco labels; extremities a little rubbed. a.e.g. This is the third issue of the first edition, with the date on the titlepage changed to MDCCCLX.

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.