tale two cities von charles dickens, Erstausgabe (43 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. First Edition. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First edition.

Zustand: Good. Hablot Knight Browne (illustrator). 1st. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Zustand: Good. 1962. First Edition Thus. 389 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.

Signature edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt blue/cream cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xvii + 356 (no inscriptions).

Zustand: Fair. 1967. First Edition Thus. 210 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrative cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Front and rear boards are loose but still attached. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Small marks to boards.

Zustand: Good. 1981. First Edition. 51 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Colour illustrations by Frank Humphris. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.

Zustand: Very Good. 1980. First Edition Thus. 351 pages. Green imitation leather. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Unknown. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First edition THUS, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Binding is lightly shaken; Secure packaging for safe delivery. 2.75.

Unknown. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Longmeadow edition, first printing. Wear and bumping to corners is consistent with age, handling and use. Binding is tight and secure. Satin ribbon marker is in pristine condition. All pages are intact and free of all marks. Book is poly bagged for further preservation. Secure packaging for safe. 2.74.

Zustand: Wie neu. 6. 518 S. Alle Bücher & Medienartikel von Book Broker sind stets in gutem & sehr gutem gebrauchsfähigen Zustand. Die Ausgabe des gelieferten Exemplars kann um bis zu 10 Jahre vom angegebenen Veröffentlichungsjahr abweichen und es kann sich um eine abweichende Auflage handeln. Unser Produktfoto entspricht dem hier angebotenen Artikel, dieser weist folgende Merkmale auf: Helle/saubere Seiten in fester Bindung. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 480 Taschenbuch, Maße: 11.8 cm x 3.4 cm x 18.9 cm.

Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Octavo, 361 pages. In Near Fine condition. Spine is brown leather with ridges, gilt details and lettering. Boards fully bound in brown leather. Text block edges gilded. Silk endpapers. Contains frontispiece by Halbot K Browne, "Phiz" [Illustrator]. Shelved in hallway. 1391921. Special Collections.

Paperback. Zustand: Fine. Fine condition. Vintage Classics, 2007-2011. First Vintage edition-first printings or later printings. Set of 14 Vintage Dickens books. Paperbacks (a couple of small nicks on the edges of the covers) in fine condition. Illustrated with b/w drawings. For full list of the titles please see images. Nice and clean pages as new, a couple of creases on the edges of the pages for book Bleak House . Nice and clean set. With the set we will include the book Oliver Twist , that is in VGC with some stain/watermarks on the back cover and last few pages of the book. Please note: This is heavy set (approx. 7.5 Kg). First Vintage edition-first printings or later printings.

Hardcover. Zustand: g. First edition. Octavo. vii (i), 311, viii (i) 254pp. Original three quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt ruling and lettering on label of spine. Blue endpapers. Frontispiece engravings, first with tissue guard. Illustrated with b/w engravings by George Cruikshank and H. K. Browne. Binding moderately rubbed with wear along edges, joints and some light scuffing, and label on spine attached with Scotch tape. Stark offsetting of leather rims to endpapers. Block moderately age-toned. Binding in overall good-, interior in good condition.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. The 1935 stated 1st Modern Library edition. Handsome and very presentable in its flexible, pocket-sized green cloth, with a crisp example of the elusive pictorial dustjacket. Solid and VG in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light rubbing at the front panel and mild darkening and thin creasing to the spine. Modern Library #189.

Hardcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. Ohne Schutzumschlag. 1. Auflage. Dunkelroter Lederband mit Goldprägung auf Buchdeckeln und Buchrücken, dreiseitiger Goldschnitt, Satin-Lesebändchen, Satin-Vorsatzpapier; Collector's Edition; Easton-Press Buchlabel mit Name des Voreigentümers. Buch ist ungelesen und ohne weitere Eintragungen.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Hardback. Large 8vo. pp vii, 352, [16] colour plates. Handsomely bound by Bayntun-Riviere - full bright red calf, lettered and decorated in gilt at spine with five raised bands, all edges gilt, inner gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers. Spine rebacked (expertly done), otherwise excellent condition.

[Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, (signature 'b' noted on list of plates; page 213 numbered 113; 'affectionately' misspelled on page 134; the name of 'Stryver' misspelt 'Striver' on plate at page 94). Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.254, engravings by H.K. Browne. Contemporary half navy calf over marbled paper-covered sides, full gilt back, marbled edges and endpapers. Contents clean throughout, plates are particularly fresh with only light marginal spotting, tissue guards are intact, binding lightly rubbed. A fine copy, much fresher than usually encountered. One of Dickens most accessible tales, set at the time of the French Revolution; the fortunes of two men - Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer - become entwined through their love for Lucie Manette. Drawn together to the streets of Paris, their fate is played out under the vengeful shadow of La Guillotine.

The New Library edition of the works of Charles Dickens. Octavo, 32 volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, top edges gilt, illustrated. In near fine condition. Dickens is generally considered the greatest writer of the Victorian period. His works are characterized by attacks on social evils, injustice, and hypocrisy. "His imaginative freshness, his deep and sincere tenderness and pity, his whole-souled humor that is seldom sharpened into wit, his superabundance of creative energy, have built a deathless niche in the temple of fame for Charles Dickens" (Kunitz & Haycraft, 184).

Leather Bound. Zustand: Very Good. H. K. Browne (illustrator). First edition in book form, first issue. 254pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Bound in a contemporary Bayntun binding of full brown leather, with gilt stamped ornamental designs on the spine, the publication date at the foot of the spine, and double gilt-ruled borders on the covers. All edges gilt. Turn-ins gilt. Vignette title page. Two brown silk ribbon page-markers. Spine title label chipped. Author spine label perishing. Light rubbing to the extremities. 1 and 1/2" crack to the front joint at the head of the spine. Faint numerical notation to front free endpaper. Paper repair to recto of frontispiece along the inside margin. Plate at p. 72 trimmed shorter along the fore-edge margin, and the plates at p. 102 and p. 168 are just a trifle shorter at the fore-edge. All plates present. Bound without advertisements. Page 213 numbered "113." Signature "b" printed on the list of plates. With "affetcionately" on p. 134. All internal flaws listed in Smith are present. Smith 13. Eckel, pp. 86-90. Collins (extract from the third volume of The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature), p. 804. One of Dickens's most treasured works. A story set in the late 18th century against the background of the French Revolution, with vivid scenes of large-scale mob violence. Dickens's novel not only condemns aristocratic tyranny, but it criticizes revolutionary excess at the same time. With illustrations by H. K. Browne. The final work illustrated by "Phiz" for Dickens, after an artistic partnership which lasted 23 years.

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.

FIRST EDITION, 2nd issue. Front., engr. title, plates by H.K. Browne, with the orig. front wrapper to Part I bound in preceding front.; prelims & titlepage v. sl. browned. Handsomely bound in contemp. full tan calf by Bickers & Son, London, gilt spine, triple-ruled borders & dentelles, red & blue-green morocco labels; v. sl. uneven fading on front board. Armorial roundel of R.D. Jackson. a.e.g. A very attractive copy. The second issue of the first edition, with the corrected pagination on p.213 and no signature on the list of plates.

First edition, first issue of one of Dickens' most enduring works. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including frontispiece and title vignette. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper. The most famous and possibly the most popular of Dickens's novels, A Tale of Two Cities shows a master of dramatic narrative extracting gold from the ore of history. If the bloody tableau of the French Revolution were not in itself sufficient for a dozen novels, Dickens added to it a professional resurrectionist, an authentic ogress, and an antihero as convincingly flawed as any in modern literature. âDickens had always admired Carlyleâs History of the French Revolution, and asked him to recommend suitable books from which he could research the period; in reply Carlyle sent him a âcartloadâ of volumes⦠So great was [Dickensâ] enthusiasm for the story that it had indeed âtaken in possessionâ of him⦠The force of the novel springs from its exploration of darkness and death but its beauty derives from Dickensâ real sense of transcendence, from his ability to see the sweep of destinyâ (Ackroyd, 858). The last of Dickensâ books to be illustrated by H.K. Browne (âPhizâ), with 16 engraved plates by him. âBrowne, for 23 years responsible for all the etchings which had so successfully embellished these [Dickensâ] books, produced his last drawings for the present work⦠Bradbury and Evans, the printers of all and publishers of five of Dickensâ works as issued in monthly parts, had ceased to act in this dual capacity after completion of Little Dorrit⦠[resulting] in the return of Chapman and Hall as publishers of this and all succeeding worksâ (Hatton & Cleaver, 333).

BROWNE, Hablot Knight (illustrator). . A Tale of Two Cities. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. Full Description: DICKENS, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne London: Chapman and Hall, [June-December] 1859. First edition, first issue, in the original eight numbers, bound in seven monthly parts. Octavo (8 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 220 x 140 mm). [i-vii]viii[ix-x], [1]2-254. (No half-title called for.) Sixteen inserted plates including the frontispiece and the vignette title. Set collates complete, with the exception of Part V which is lacking all ads, and part VI only has one of the two leaves of the back advertisement. With the often-seen substitution of the Morison "Monument" ad for the Morison "View" ad in Part III, as in all other copies we've been able to trace. Also present is the scarce advertisement in the final part for Thackeray's The Cornhill Magazine, rarely present. Text is first issue with p. 213 showing "113", "affectionately" misspelled on page 134 and the List of Plates bearing signature "b." Original blue printed wrappers. All spines have been neatly renewed. Some light dust soiling to parts wrappers. Text is generally very clean. Plates with some occasional toning. The top of the front wrappers of parts II, III, V and VI are trimmed close, just touching the boarder and the date on part III. The front advertiser is occasionally trimmed close along the top margin. Parts II, V and VI with previous owner's old ink signature on front wrapper. Part II with some fraying along edges of front wrappers and along the blank fore-edge margin of the two plates. Bottom edge of of wrapper of Part III lightly frayed. Part V with some darker soiling front front wrapper. Still overall, a very good set. Housed in a chemise and a full green morocco clamshell. A Tale of Two Cities marks the final collaboration of Phiz and Dickens, as well as Dickens' return to Chapman and Hall. It is one of the rarer novels in parts. The serialization in All the Year Round ran weekly from 30 April to 26 November, with the book being published on 21 November. Dickens "had always admired Carlyle's History of the French Revolution, and asked him to recommend suitable books from which he could research the period; in reply Carlyle sent him a 'cartload' of volumes.Apparently Dickens read, or at least looked through, them all; it was his aim during the period of composition only to read books of the period itself, and so great was his enthusiasm for the story that it had indeed 'taken possession' of him.Dickens's knowledge of the French Revolution was strengthened by Carlyle's wonderful history, which had appeared twenty-two years before.According to Carlyle's biographer, Froude, Dickens carried with him everywhere a copy of A History of the French Revolution at the time of its publication in 1837.Certainly some episodes from A Tale of Two Cities are established upon Carlyle's own narrative.Carlyle's history may also have prompted Dickens's use of hidden documents which play so large a part in the working out of his plot.in A Tale of Two Cities Dickens took from Carlyle what he needed and then refashioned it in the light of his own highly idiosyncratic or immediate preoccupations with imprisonment, with rebirthand, more particularly, with self-sacrifice and the renunciation of love.The force of the novel springs from its exploration of darkness and death but its beauty derives from Dickens's real sense of transcendence, from his ability to the sweep of destiny" (Peter Ackroyd, Dickens, pp. 858-868). A Tale of Two Cities was first serialized in Dickens's periodical All the Year Round, from April 30-November 26, 1859. Its appearance in monthly parts (June-December 1859) and book form mark Dickens's return to his old publishers Chapman and Hall, after a long stay with Bradbury and Evans. The extremely large audience for the novel in All the Year Round, however, left less than the usual demand for the parts issue and, at first, for the book, both of which are now quite rare. This title also marks the author's final collaboration with "Phiz," Dickens's most evocative and most sympathetic illustrator. Hatton and Cleaver, pp. 333-342. HBS 69014. $13,500.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Quarto. 94 mimeographed leaves printed rectos only. Bound (or likely rebound at an early date) with quarter canvas spine and thick card boards with typed title labels on front board and spine. Modest evidence of bookplate removal inside front board, small chip at the corner of the label on the front board, else very near fine. Adapted from the Charles Dickens novel. The Mercury Theatre on the Air produced 22 radio plays based on literary novels, plays, or short stories in 1938, this was the third play produced. Up until October, 1938, all of the adaptations, including this one, were written by Orson Welles and John Houseman. Overwhelmed by the weekly deadlines (Welles also starred in most of the dramas, sometimes playing multiple parts), they hired Howard Koch to assist - three weeks later they collaborated on *The War of the Worlds* - arguably the most famous dramatic radio broadcast in history. In *A Tale of Two Cities*, Welles played both Sidney Carton and Dr. Alexandre Manette in this production. In the script, page two is blank, except for the word "Welles" - presumably Welles would deliver his introduction extemporaneously. The Mercury Theatre on the Air scripts are rare. *OCLC* locates a single copy of this script (Dartmouth).

[Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION, THIRD ISSUE. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[2] x; 254 [2]. With 16 engraved plates by "Phiz", including a frontispiece and vignette title page. Lacking the signature 'b' on the list of plates, and the pagination of p.213 is corrected, but 'affectionately' is misspelled on p.134, and the name of 'Stryver' is misspelled on the plate at p.94. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind decoration to boards. A black ink ownership to flyleaf. Light spotting to plates, and a bit of a lean. Spine toned to brown, with some wear to head and tail; light wear to boards. An attractive copy in the publisher's original binding. Very good. One of Dickens most accessible tales, set at the time of the French Revolution, and first published in November 1859. The fortunes of two men - Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer - become entwined through their love for Lucie Manette. Drawn together to the streets of Paris, their fate is played out under the vengeful shadow of La Guillotine.

First edition, first issue; 8vo (220 x 150 mm); 16 engraved plates (including additional title and frontispiece) by Hablot K. Browne, very occasional light spotting to plates but in the main, unusually clean and bright; near-contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, matching endpapers and edges, worn and rubbed at extremities but sound; otherwise a very good copy indeed. A first issue with p. 213 mispaginated as 113 and signature 'b' on 'List of Plates' leaf and 'affetcionately on p. 134, line 12 With one of the most famous opening sentences in history, A Tale of Two Cities ranks among the novelist's finest, anatomising the conflict between democratic and aristocratic principles during the French revolution. An 'intensely cold mist' covers the land 'like an evil spirit'. After 18 years as a political prisoner, Doctor Manette is released and reunited with his daughter, the beguiling Lucie, who captivates the affections of two suitors, an aristocratic Frenchman named Darnay and the English lawyer, Carton. This tale of two cities (London and Paris) is also a tale of three lovers, with a plot-twist of self-sacrifice inspired by Wilkie Collins' play The Frozen Deep, in which Dickens acted. Epic in historical scale, it is also an intimate book, showing how the personal and political intermingle and what the causes and effects of violence are, including the struggle to retain one's sanity under systemic abuse. Dickens focuses throughout on two sets of relationships: between father and daughter, and between subject and state. Those facing the guillotine do not hope to gain the "pity of the people", but it is a measure of Dickens's skill that he makes us feel sympathy towards them. Eckel, pp.86-90; Smith I, pp. 96-98.

FIRST EDITION, 1st issue. Front., engr. title & 14 plates by H.K. Browne; sl. browned. Bound from the parts in original red morocco-grained cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettering in reversed out of gilt. Endpapers early replaced with similar pale yellow paper. Armorial bookplate of William Edward Kelly. A very well-preserved copy in custom-made cloth box. Smith I, 13; with all the issue points attributed by him to the first issue, including the uncorrected pagination '113' on p213, and signature 'b' on the list of plates ('omitted. in later copies'). This copy is bound without the catalogue, which Smith says appeared 'in some copies'. A Tale of Two Cities is probably the most difficult Dickens first edition in cloth. This copy has slight marking to the back board; there is slight rubbing but it is v.g. - and probably as good as it is possible to obtain. From the library of William Edward Kelly of St. Helens, Westport, County Mayo.