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The Old Curiosity Shop
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good ++/No Jacket
- Seller
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Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK: Chapman and Hall, 1871. First Edition Thus . Full-Leather. Very Good ++/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. George Cattermole, D Maclise and H K Browne. New Edition 1871. Illustrations by George Cattermole, D Maclise and H K Browne. Beautifully bound in a contemporary full green calf with gilt tooling to spine and board edges, gauffered board edges, raised bands and hand marbled endpapers. Condition is excellent, all joints and hinges sound, wear minimal, bindings solid and no marks or inscriptions.A very good quality binding. Book is very good++ and bright. Light marking to boards. Nice clean contents. Light foxing/age toning to engravings. A lovely example. l images available upon request.Ref 16602
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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- Bookseller
- Lasting Words Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023170
- Title
- The Old Curiosity Shop
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Illustrator
- George Cattermole, D Maclise and H K Browne
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1871
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 16602
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Lasting Words Ltd
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Northampton, Northamptonshire
About Lasting Words Ltd
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