Ny. Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Cloth; Random House; 1950. Dust jacket fair, chipping along all edges, NOT price clipped. Red cloth with black & gilt design. Very good, some light rubbing to edges & corners, Introduction by Edward Wagenknecht, small tear to page 395. The Modern Library # 189, 396pgs ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall .

Synopsis

Written by Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel that follows Manette, a French doctor imprisoned for 18 long years in Paris’s Bastille. Following his release, he goes to live in London with his daughter Lucie, who had never met him and believed him to be dead. Set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution and Reign of Terror, A Tale of Two Cities is a fictitious story that falls both into the historical and adventure genres. The famous book is one of the bestselling novels of all time, both for the atmosphere that Dickens’ creates and the tension he weaves. Full of love and brutality, A Tale of Two Cities exposes the highs and lows of humanity.

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On Dec 1 2018, a reader said:

I love this book have read it multiple times and will read again

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Bookseller: Bluestocking Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 3970
Title: A Tale of Two Cities
Author: Dickens, Charles
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Cloth; Random House; 1950
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Ny

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Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...