Search Results: a tale of two cities 100 by charles dickens

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1981. Leather. The twelfth novel of Charles Dickens (1812-1870) first appeared in installments in 1859 and is set against the backdrop of the French Revolution. It is offered here in a deluxe leatherbound reprint edition by the Easton Press. With illustrations in both black & white and color by René Ben Sussan. This edition with a publisher's preface, an introduction by John T. Winterich and includes a frontis portrait of Dickens by Walter Brooks. Issued as part of the publisher's Collector's Edition series: The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. --- Bound in full dark green leather covers with distinctive gilt decorations stamped on covers and spine. Titling stamped on spine in gilt, with four raised bands. AEG (all edges gilt). Printed on quality papers and with orange silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. --- A clean, bright, unmarked copy though with slight… Read More