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The Old Curiosity Shop
by Dickens, Charles
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Publisher's blue gilt-stamped cloth. Spine ends shipped, covers rubbed and soiled, a few hinges starting, light dampstain to vol
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Sheldon and Company, 1864. Engraved frontispieces by F.O.C. Darley and John Gilbert. 3 vols. 8vo. Publisher's blue gilt-stamped cloth. Spine ends shipped, covers rubbed and soiled, a few hinges starting, light dampstain to vol. III at top margin, bookplates removed, early ownership signature to title-page. Engraved frontispieces by F.O.C. Darley and John Gilbert. 3 vols. 8vo. From the Household Edition of the Works of Charles Dickens. Gimbel D38
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
- The Old Mill Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 312248
- Title
- The Old Curiosity Shop
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Engraved frontispieces by F.O.C. Darley and John Gilbert. 3 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Publisher's blue gilt-stamped cloth. Spine ends shipped, covers rubbed and soiled, a few hinges starting, light dampstain to vol
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sheldon and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1864
- Keywords
- British | Charles Dickens
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