77/1312 Dickens, C. A Tale of Two Cities. London, Chapman and Hall, 1859, VIII,254p., 1st ed., 1st issue, steelengr. title-p., frontisp. and 14 plates by PHIZ (= H.K. Browne), later hcalf.

- Three plates sl. chipped and doubled; several lvs. (incl. title-p. and frontisp.) sl. chipped in outer margins (strengthened and remargined with use of japanese); occas. foxed (mainly plates); new endpapers.

= First edition in bookform. With p.213 misnumbered as 113 and signature "b" present on List of Plates at end. Eckel p.86ff; Sadleir 701.