Bloomsbury : The Nonesuch Press, 1937.Scotland : R. & R. Clark, 1937.
Physical Description:
xiv, 363, [3] pages, [17] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsPR4571 .A1 1937Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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."The text printed in this volume is taken from the 'Charles Dickens' edition of Dickens's Works issued in 1868-1870. Dickens himself revised this edition for the press, striking out or altering words here and there and making extensive changes in punctuation. A few indisputable misprints which escaped his eye have now been corrected. The captions written by Dickens to go at the head of right-hand pages in the 'Charles Dickens' edition are printed in the magins of this volume against the relevant passages. The illustrations are printed from the plates etched for the original edition."--Page v.Illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz).Dreyfus, J. History of the Nonesuch Press, page 240BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original brown buckram.
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.