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London: Chapman & Hall. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed with slight split to spine. Some foxing. 1860. Third issue. Black hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). ix, 254pp + plates. 16 b/w plates. With 3rd state errors on page 134 and page 96 plate. .

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.