The Old Curiosity Shop (2 Volumes)
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Clevedon, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Readers Library Publishing Co Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Not dated. Edition and printing not known. Both volumes in near fine red cloth boards, with gilt tolled edges to front and in black to back strip. The covers are very bright, clean, straight and tight. Tanned end papers with ecclesiastical windows. Tanned cut edges. The text blocks are tightly bound and tanned. Show little signs of use. No inscriptions etc. Overall in good condition due to tanning of pages. No jacket.
Synopsis
The Old Curiosity Shop, what would become Charles Dickens’ fourth novel, was first published in 88 weekly installments in Dickens’ serial, Master Humphrey’s Clock, from April 1840 to February 1841. In a tale that survives the transcendence of time, The Old Curiosity Shop tells the story of thirteen-year-old Nell Trent and her grandfather who live in The Old Curiosity Shop, a small antique and gift store. The unnamed grandfather, desperate to leave Nell in good financial standing after his death, loses The Old Curiosity Shop to a gambling problem, forcing him and young Nell to wander the countryside.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Clevedon Community Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56015
- Title
- The Old Curiosity Shop (2 Volumes)
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Readers Library Publishing Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Pages
- 505
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
- Keywords
- HF
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Clevedon Community Bookshop
Biblio member since 2012
Clevedon, Somerset
About Clevedon Community Bookshop
Clevedon Community Bookshop, co-operatively owned, opened on 31 December 2011 and now has a general stock of approximately 20,000 books. Our bookshop in Copse Road is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11.00am to 4.00pm. The co-operative comprises just over 600 members from around the world and was set up to stop the only second-hand bookshop in our town from closing. The benefit of being a member/shareholder is only social: no-one benefits financially. All profits are used to improve the bookshop and its stock, and, through events, to contribute to the literacy and literary profile of our town. The Bookshop Manager has fifteen years' experience in second-hand bookselling. Email us if you would like to join our co-operative and thus jointly own our bookshop with us.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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