Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Title:
A tale of two cities.
Published / Created:
Bloomsbury : The Nonesuch Press, 1937.

Scotland : R. & R. Clark, 1937.
Physical Description:
xiv, 363, [3] pages, [17] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"This edition of A Tale of Two Cities, part of the Nonesuch Dickens designed by Francis Meynell, is limited to 877 copies. The text has been printed in Great Britain by R. & R. Clark Ltd., in this specially-cut version of Martin's type; the illustrations have been pulled by hand from the original plates by A. Alexander and Sons; the binding is executed by the Leighton-Straker Bookbinding Co., Ltd.; and the paper was made by the Worthy Paper Company Association of West Springfield."--Colophon.
Subject Terms:
Paris (France) -- History -- 1789-1799 -- Fiction. | Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. | London (England) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction. | France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction. | British -- France -- Paris -- Fiction. | French fiction -- England -- London. | Executions and executioners -- Fiction. | Lookalikes -- Fiction.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London. | Etchings -- 1937. | Fiction. | Historical fiction.
Contributors:
Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882, illustrator.