{"product_id":"a-tale-of-two-cities-by-charles-dickens-two-volumes-illustrated-by-phiz-1875","title":"A Tale of Two Cities. By Charles Dickens. Two Volumes Illustrated by \"Phiz\" 1875.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg\u003e\u003cimg\u003e\u003cimg\u003e\u003cimg\u003eDICKENS, Charles (1812–1870) [BROWNE, H. K., illustrator]. A Tale of Two Cities. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly; Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott \u0026amp; Co., 1875.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated edition. Two volumes, complete. Octavo, vol. I ,198pp.; vol. II, 199-431 pp. Contemporary half dark green morocco over marbled boards, spines gilt in compartments with five raised bands, lettered “Dickens’ Works” and “Tale of Two Cities,” volumes I and II. Marbled endpapers matching the boards, top edges gilt. Bookplate of Benjamin F. Ayer to the front pastedown of each volume. Illustrated with full-page plates by H. K. Browne \"Phiz\" with tissue guards present. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: Bookplate of Benjamin F. Ayer to the front pastedown of each volume, likely Benjamin Franklin Ayer, prominent Chicago attorney, president of the Chicago Bar Association in 1875–76, and father of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Margaret Ayer Barnes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents clean and unmarked with light, even toning. Plates and tissue guards present. Volume I with green staining to the upper margin of several leaves near the rear, from approximately p. 411 through the rear endpaper. Bindings rubbed, with moderate wear to edges and corners, and chipping\/wear to spine ends and raised bands. Front hinges going in both volumes; front free endpapers loose but present in both volumes. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA handsome two-volume Victorian edition of A Tale of Two Cities, illustrated by \"Phiz\" and retaining attractive marbled boards and gilt spines, with provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore photos upon request.\u003cbr\u003e[Attributes: Hard Cover; Illustrated; Two Volumes; Provenance.]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Arrivals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55138745516337,"sku":null,"price":420.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/0845\/5729\/files\/ChatGPTImageJul8_2026_02_42_36PM.png?v=1783547874","url":"https:\/\/redeemedrarebooks.com\/products\/a-tale-of-two-cities-by-charles-dickens-two-volumes-illustrated-by-phiz-1875","provider":"New Arrivals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}